Energy check: aid will no longer be paid automatically in 2025, find out what’s changing next year

Created in 2015 and generalized in 2018, the energy check will evolve in 2025. If until now the check was sent automatically, from next year, it will be necessary to apply for it.

The energy check is an aid paid by the government since 2018 to ease the payment of electricity and gas bills for the poorest households. Its amount is from 48 to 277 euros this year, depending on your income and your household. 5.6 million French people benefit from it.

From 2025, to obtain this aid, it will be necessary to apply for it, reports RMC. This is what is revealed in article 60 of the draft budget presented last week.

Elimination of the housing tax

The difficulties linked to the abolition of the housing tax have led the government to change the system next year. Until now, the energy check was paid automatically to any eligible person.

It was the housing tax that allowed organizations to clearly identify the composition of a home. But the latter was removed and no other solution had been put in place, our colleagues recall.

As a result, the checks had been sent to the beneficiaries of the previous year and a counter had been opened for new requests, while the number of forgotten households would amount to nearly a million.

The criteria remain the same

However, the amount and the criteria remain the same. It is the method of payment that will change. Those who already benefit from it will not have to do anything to receive it. For the others, 1 million each year, it will be necessary to register on an online platform.