Question 2264 — energy and fuels

Summary

The energy check is a flat-rate aid from the State aimed at helping low-income households pay their energy bills (electricity gas bill, purchase of heating fuels or payment of energy charges for social housing). In 2024, an IGF/CGEDD/CGE mission studied the new methods of awarding the energy check and recommended basing it on tax information and retaining the sending of a single check per accommodation by associating them with the accommodation's electricity meter number (delivery point number). Thus, from 2025, in order to maintain the sending of a single check per accommodation, the energy check is allocated by crossing the delivery point number of the accommodation, with the reference tax income and the number of people attached to the tax household associated with the tax number of the holder of the supply contract of electricity. In order to maintain maximum automaticity in the sending of the energy check, the list of beneficiaries of the energy check is established by the crossing by the Service and Payment Agency (ASP) of a list of tax data established by the DGFIP with: * the data already in the possession of the ASP (pre-allocations, online payment, automatic activation of associated protections) and those of electricity suppliers; * data from public electricity distribution network managers (GRD). For the 2025 campaign, 3.8 million households have been automatically identified. For the 2026 campaign, thanks to an improvement in the cross-referencing method, 4.5 million beneficiaries were automatically identified. The figures for the 2026 campaign are close to the pre-reform levels of the 2023 and 2024 campaigns (5.5 million). The homes that were not automatically identified could declare their tax number and their delivery point number on an online platform or by mail to request their energy check. For the 2025 campaign, the window was open between October 15, 2025 and February 28, 2026. More than 375,000 checks were issued under this window. For the 2026 campaign, it opened on April 1, 2026 and will close on December 31, 2026. The The counter is easy to use and households who wish can benefit from telephone support by calling user assistance or being assisted by a France Services house. Potential beneficiaries of the energy check who could not be automatically identified are informed by email, SMS or post of the eligibility conditions for the energy check and invited to make a request if they meet them. They can also, if they wish, receive assistance in a France services house. Finally, beneficiaries for whom the request at the counter was unsuccessful can make a complaint to the Services and Payment Agency (ASP). The online platform and the complaints service operate without major difficulties. These two functionalities are also constantly being improved, to streamline their use and improve the user journey with each campaign.

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