This supplement to the energy check can be requested from November 8, said the Minister Deputy Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, Saturday October 8.
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A check for 100 to 200 euros will be paid to fires heating with fuel oil, depending on their income. “The Parliament voted, this summer, an envelope of 230 million euros to support the households concerned, which could not benefit from the shield set up for other energy sources,” said Gabriel Attal, In a Interview with Ouest France published Saturday October 8.
“A fuel check can be requested, from November 8, on the site chequeenergie.gouv.fr where a simulator will allow you to know who is eligible,” he explains. If the households concerned have already refueled their fuel oil tank, the check which is valid for a year may be “being used to pay its electricity bills”, specifies the Minister Delegate.
1, 4 million households concerned
In A press release from Bercy , it is even specified that this check will be able to To be used “for the payment of any type of energy bills (gas, electricity, fuel oil, wooden pellets, etc.)” if households have already refueled fuel oil. According to the government, 1.4 million households could benefit from this check on the 2.8 million who heat fuel oil.
The Ministry of the Economy recalls that “this fuel assistance will come in addition to the usual energy check, sent in the spring to around 6 million households, and the exceptional energy check which will be sent to 40 % of Households (12 million households) “, to cope with the increase of 15 % of the prices of gas and electricity planned in 2023. For modest households already eligible for the energy check,” this new support will be granted to them automatic, “said Mr. Attal.