The 2023 energy check will be paid from April 21 to nearly 6 million households

It is paid every year, but particularly expected because of inflation. This year, the energy check will be paid from April 21, announced the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, on RMC Monday March 13. Allowing you to pay bills “electricity, gas, wood, all the energies used to heat you”it will concern 5.8 million households, which will not need any formalities to receive it, recalled the minister.

The value of the energy check depends on the income of the beneficiaries, and can range from 48 euros to nearly 200 euros. A government site allows you to check your eligibility.

This energy check, distributed every year at the same period since 2018, is in addition to the exceptional check paid at the end of 2022 due to soaring prices. This had been distributed to a wider perimeter of 12 million households, for an amount of 100 to 200 euros.

In addition, and also subject to resources, a fuel check of 100 to 200 euros, aid of 50 to 200 euros for those heating with wood and a fuel allowance of 100 euros have also been announced since the end of 2022. The government has also limited the increase in electricity sale tariffs to 15% in 2023, after 4% in 2022.