If you take too long to claim your energy check, you risk missing out on this very important help!
The energy check represents valuable assistance for many French people. Indeed, people who struggle to pay their energy bill can benefit from it. On the other hand, it is essential to hurry up if you want to get it.
Help not claimed by many
To pay your electricity, gas or fuel bill, the energy check represents a real boost. Especially since this aid is allocated to a large part of the population. In fact, around 5.6 million households are eligible.
This represents 20% of the most modest. The aim of this assistance is to reduce household energy costs. It can then support them in managing their bills during this period of inflation.
On the other hand, this year, many eligible households have not yet claimed this assistance. However, the deadline will soon arrive. Once this has passed, the French will no longer be able to request the energy check.
To obtain it, there are two main criteria taken into account. This is the case for the reference tax income of the household and the composition of the household. For the year 2024, households whose reference tax income is less than 11,000 euros per consumption unit can benefit from this assistance.
This consumption unit corresponds to one person in the household. In addition, be aware that the amount of the energy check varies between 48 and 277 euros, depending on the specific needs of each household. If some have not yet asked for it, it is for several reasons.
The deadline for requesting the energy check
For example, French people whose income has changed between 2021 and 2022 may now be eligible for this aid. In these cases, it is essential to know that the energy check will not be sent automatically.
The households concerned must take the initiative of making their request via a site specially set up for this purpose. It is therefore essential to go to this site before deadline, December 31, 2024.
After this date, it will be too late to benefit from this assistance. The deadline is approaching and it is important to act quickly. According to the latest information, only 5% of new beneficiaries have requested their energy check so far.
Which represents around 53,000 households out of the estimated millions. It is therefore essential that the households concerned do not delay in requesting this assistance. To claim your energy check, the procedure to follow is simple.
First, check your eligibility. The government has put a simulator online to allow you to quickly find out if you can benefit from it. If you are eligible, go to the dedicated website to submit your request.
Real support for the French
If you encounter difficulties, you can also contact assistance at the following number: 0 805 204 805. This service is available to answer all your questions and guide you through your procedures.
The energy check is flexible and useful assistance. You can use it to pay electricity, gas, fuel oil bills, or even for the purchase of fuel. This boost can also be used as means of payment to buy fuel oil.
This type of support is all the more necessary in a context where energy prices are increasing and can constitute a burden for low-income households. The energy check allows families to reduce part of their energy costs.
The French can therefore continue to benefit from thermal comfort throughout the winter. This assistance can clearly ease the pressure on family budgets. On the other hand, it is essential not to let it pass.
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