Exceptional energy check: last chance this Friday! For who ?

ENERGY CHECK 2023. This Friday, February 3 already marks the deadline for the distribution of the exceptional energy cheque. Are concerned, the inhabitants of the departments which benefit from several sendings. Here is the full list.

[Mis à jour le 3 février 2022 à 10h37] Last chance to send the exceptional energy check! In fact, this week from January 30 to February 3 already marks the last shipments, and more particularly for the departments concerned by several shipments, such as Corsica or Reunion. An amount from 100 to 200 euros depending on your level of income, this exceptional energy check is sent automatically, without any action on your part. Sine qua non condition to claim it: your reference tax income must not exceed €17,400 per unit in 2021. It comes in addition to the traditional energy check, paid in the spring. The two are perfectly cumulative. Here is the list of the last departments concerned:

• Corsica (5th shipment)
• Guyana (3rd shipment)
• Guadeloupe (5th shipment)
• Meeting (5th sending)
• Mayotte
• Wallis and futuna
• Great East
• Bas Rhin (Strasbourg, 2nd shipment)
• Herault
• Alpes de Haute Provence
• High mountains
• Alpes-Maritimes
• Bouches-du-Rhone
• Var
• Vaucluse

Who is entitled to the exceptional energy check?

The amount of the exceptional energy check will be 100 to 200 euros depending on income and household composition. Its payment is planned from the end of 2022, logically at the beginning of December, announced the Prime Minister during her press conference on aid relating to the increase in energy for the most modest households. 12.6 million households are affected. This aid will be added to the annual energy check already sent to 5.8 million households in 2022.

For example, a single mother in minimum wage with a dependent child will receive 200 euros. On the other hand, a couple with 3,000 euros in income and two dependent children will benefit from a check for 100 euros. The cost of the operation for the coffers of the State is estimated at 1.8 billion euros according to the statements of the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. To find out your eligibility, you can also refer just below to the precise scale established by the executive according to your level of income:

• Check for 200 euros : 20% of the most modest households, income below €10,800
• Check for 100 euros : households whose income is between 10,800 And €17,400

Here is the full payment schedule:

• December 12, 2022 : Pas-De-Calais, Nord, Somme, Oise, Aisne, Ardennes, Meuse, Eure-Et-Loir and Isère.
• December 19, 2022 : Moselle, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, Marne, Aube, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Haut-Rhin, Yonne, Côte-d’Or, Haute-Saône, Doubs, Jura, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Ain and Haute -Savoy.
• December 26, 2022 : Yvelines, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Et-Marne, Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Loire, Rhône, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Ardèche, Drôme and Savoie.
• January 2, 2023 : Seine-Maritime, Eure, Manche, Calvados, Orne, Sarthe, Loir-Et-Cher, Essonne, Val-D’Oise, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris.
• January 9, 2023 : Finistère, Côtes-d’Armor, Ille-Et-Vilaine, Mayenne, Vendée, Maine-Et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-Et-Loire, Indre, Loiret, Cher, Corrèze and Creuse.
• January 16, 2023 : Morbihan, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Charente, Haute-Vienne, Dordogne, Lot-Et-Garonne, Lot, Aveyron, Tarn-Et-Garonne, Landes, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Ariège , Eastern Pyrenees.
• January 23, 2023 : Tarn, Aude, Hérault, Lozère, Gard, Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Var, Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes.
• Multiple shipments : Bas-Rhin, Deux-Sèvres, Gironde, Haute-Corse, Corse-Du-Sud, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana and Reunion.

The payment of the energy check (classic) is made by department. THE check 2023 will be sent automatically between March 30 2023 and the April 29, 2023 depending on your department of residence.

The energy check is awarded each year, depending on your income and the composition of your household. It is sent to you, automatically, on the basis of the information transmitted by the tax services, and provided that you have carried out your tax return within the deadlines set by the tax authorities. You must also live in accommodation subject to housing tax (even if you are exempt). You can also decide to “pre-assign” it to your energy supplier.

To determine your eligibility for the energy check scheme, you can go to the site dedicated to the energy check. There is no simulator in the strict sense of the term. On the other hand, we invite you to enter your tax number to determine if you are eligible for the device. By entering your tax ID, the site tells you whether or not you are concerned. If this is not the case, the following message is displayed: “If you nevertheless think that your household fulfills the conditions of income and composition to benefit from the energy check, or, if you are an approved operator for housing in rental intermediation and you wish to check the eligibility of a sub-leased household for the energy check, you can nevertheless continue with the eligibility test”. You are then invited to complete a questionnaire comprising three questions.

The amount of the energy check depends on the resources and composition of your household. To determine this, the government has established a scale. Here is the scale that applies in 2022.

As you can see, a single person can receive an energy check for a maximum amount of 194 euros in 2023. Note that the energy check can be combined with the Ma Prime Rénov aid, the device that replaces the tax credit for energy transition (CITE).

For the exceptional energy check expected at the end of 2022 as announced on September 14 by the government, the amount may reach 200 euros for a household composed of a single mother receiving the minimum wage and with two dependent children. For a couple with two children and whose income is equal to 3,000 euros net, the exceptional check will be for an amount of 100 euros.

You don’t have to do anything. The energy voucher is allocated in such a way automatique. In practice, it is the tax administration that sends the list of eligible households to the Services and Payment Agency (ASP). The latter is in charge of editing and sending the check by mail. Eligible households therefore receive it automatically, without having to fill out any form. There is therefore no point in contacting the services in charge of the energy check if you are not eligible.

Energy check assistance can be reached on 0 805 204 805 (freephone number), Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. “In case of heavy traffic, we recommend that you call in the morning from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., or at the end of the day from 5:00 p.m.”, we warn on the energy check site.

You are sure and certain to meet the conditions of the energy check, and yet there is no trace in your mail? In this case, contact support, either via the contact form on the dedicated site, or by telephone. Remember to bring your tax notice. “To be able to benefit from the energy check, you must have declared your income to the tax services (even if your income is low or zero)”, we recall in the Frequently Asked Questions. “After having regularized your situation, you will be able to apply for an energy check. On the other hand, if you have still not declared your income for the following year, you will no longer be able to claim the benefit of the energy check”.