Question 5590 — energy and fuels

Summary

Ms. Ericka Bareigts draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the risk of non-recourse relating to the implementation of the energy check, particularly in the overseas territories. Since January 1, 2018, the energy check has replaced the special solidarity tariff (TSS) and the basic necessity tariff (TPN). However in 2017, in the four territories subject to the experiment, more than one potential beneficiary in five did not take the necessary steps to obtain the energy check. Such a non-recourse rate can be explained both by a lack of communication with eligible beneficiaries and by the targeting of said beneficiaries using the tax criterion alone. However, the poorest households do not always declare their income since they are not taxable. In Due to very high poverty rates, the non-recourse rate could prove even higher in the overseas territories, especially since the information available to families is mainly in digital format while not all overseas residents necessarily benefit from internet access. The situation of the 105,000 Reunion households which until now benefited from TPN could thus deteriorate. These Households could not only lose the benefit of the energy check, but also lose the related rights which result from the issuance of the check (exemption from commissioning costs, maintenance of electrical power during winter even in the event of unpaid bills, extension of time before cut-off, exemption from payment rejections or even reduction in travel costs for unpaid bills by electricity distributors). She therefore questions him about the communication strategy that will be implemented to guarantee a satisfactory rate of use of the energy check and the adaptation of this strategy to overseas territories. She also questions him about the relevance of the sole tax criterion for declaring the eligibility of a household.

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