Energy Check
Verified 17 October 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The energy check is a financial assistance for people with modest incomes. It allows you to pay for energy expenses: electricity or gas bills, the purchase of heating fuels, or energy charges included in the rent of your social housing or a fee for a home or facility for the elderly. We present you the information on the energy check, whether you are a new beneficiary, already a beneficiary or you discover this device.
What applies to you ?
Warning
The energy check should not be confused with specific aid (kind of energy check) which is paid to social residence managers (e.g., home-dwelling) on their application for their residents.
New Beneficiary
You receive a paper energy check for the 1re Sometimes, not knowing you were entitled to it. We tell you what you need to know.
You can pay your expenses as follows:
Type of expenditure | Mode of transmission | Refundable? |
|---|---|---|
Invoices (electricity/gas) |
| The remaining amount is used to pay the next bills. It is refundable only in the event of the end of an energy contract. |
Purchase of fuels (heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production) | Hand delivery to the seller | The remaining amount is not refunded. |
Energy charges in a home-fireplace | Sending the energy check by simple mail or hand delivery to the manager of the housing-home | The remaining amount is used to pay the next charges. It is refundable only in the event of the end of the contract of occupation. |
Energy charges in residential care for the elderly | Send the energy check by simple mail or hand delivery to the establishment | The remaining amount is used to pay the next charges. It is refundable only in the event of the end of the contract of occupation. |
Rental expenses in social housing | Sending the energy check by simple mail to the lessor | The remaining amount is used to pay the next charges. It is refundable only if the lease ends. |
The energy check must imperatively be given to a professional who has adhered to this device.
A directory is available to search for a professional meeting this condition:
Search for a professional accepting energy checks in paper format or online
Your future energy checks will be sent in paper format if you continue to meet the conditions to benefit from them.
FYI
The next checks will be sent in November 2025.
However, if you wish, you can request to receive your future energy checks in dematerialized format.
Warning
Only electricity and gas bills can be paid online. However, the selected supplier must have signed up to the energy check and accepted this payment method. Other expenses such as the purchase of heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production, or energy charges can therefore not be paid online.
You must create a beneficiary account on the website dedicated to the energy check and activate the e-Chèque énergie service.
You must scratch the code on the right grayed out part of your paper check (this is a PIN).
Warning
Once scratched, the paper energy check is considered to be used online and can no longer be sent by post to the professional concerned to pay for your energy expenses. In addition, once you have activated the e-Chèque énergie service, all your future energy checks will be dematerialized.
When your request for a format change is validated, your beneficiary account is credited with the same amount as the paper energy check.
You can pay your energy bills online.
You will have access to the balance and history of your payments.
You must report the loss or theft of your energy check directly online or by phone.
Who shall I contact
Help center to answer all your questions about the energy check
By phone
08 05 20 48 05
Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm.
Free service and call
By email
By accessing the contact form.
When you file your return, you will need to specify the following:
- Your first and last name
- Your tax number (listed on your tax notice)
- Your address.
The Service and Payment Agency (ASP) sends you a new energy check to replace the old one.
Beneficiary with online account
You already benefit from the dematerialized energy check. We tell you what you need to know.
Your future energy checks will be sent in dematerialized format if you continue to meet the conditions to benefit from them.
FYI
The next checks will be sent in November 2025.
Yes, you can go back to the paper check. The details are described in the conditions of subscription of the e-Chèque service on the website dedicated to the energy check.
Beneficiary without online account
You benefit from the paper energy check and have not created a beneficiary account on the website dedicated to the energy check. We tell you what you need to know.
Your future energy checks will be sent in paper format if you continue to meet the conditions to benefit from them.
FYI
The next checks will be sent in November 2025.
However, if you wish, you can request to receive your future energy checks in dematerialized format.
Warning
Only electricity and gas bills can be paid online. The selected supplier must have subscribed to the energy check system and accepted this payment method. Other expenses such as the purchase of heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production, or energy charges can therefore not be paid online.
A directory is available to search for a professional meeting these conditions:
Search for a professional accepting energy checks in paper format or online
You must create a beneficiary account on the website dedicated to the energy check and activate the e-Chèque énergie service.
You must scratch the code on the right grayed out part of the check (this is a PIN).
Warning
Once scratched, the paper energy check is considered to be used online and can no longer be sent by post to the professional concerned to pay for your energy expenses. In addition, once you have activated the e-Chèque énergie service, all your future energy checks will be dematerialized.
Once your request for a format change has been validated, your beneficiary account will be credited with the same amount as the paper energy check.
You can pay your energy bills online.
You will have access to the balance and history of your payments.
You must report the loss or theft of your energy check directly online or by phone.
Who shall I contact
Help center to answer all your questions about the energy check
By phone
08 05 20 48 05
Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm.
Free service and call
By email
By accessing the contact form.
When you file your return, you will need to specify the following:
- Your first and last name
- Your tax number (listed on your tax notice)
- Your address.
The Service and Payment Agency (ASP) sends you a new energy check to replace the old one.
Other case
You have never benefited from the energy check and you discover this device. We give you all the information you need to know.
The energy check helps you pay the expenditure following:
- Energy Bills (electricity, natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas - LPG)
- Purchase of fuels (heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production),
- Energy charges included in the charge (kind of rent) in social residence if you occupy a dwelling in a home-dwelling with an energy contract in your name
- Energy charges included in the charge (type of rent) if you live in residential care for dependent or non-dependent elderly people (Ehpad or EHPA), independent residence, long-term care facility or unit (LTCF or LTCF)
- Energy charges included in the rent if you are a tenant of a social housing contracted Personalized Housing Assistance (PLA).
Warning
Since the February 15, 2025However, the energy check no longer provides funding for energy renovation work. However, the energy check issued before this date remains usable until its expiry date.
In addition, the energy check gives you access to several specific rights in case of unpaid energy billsmoving, or tracking your energy consumption.
These rights are open from 1er April of the year you received the energy check until April 30 of the following year.
Example :
If you receive an energy check for the year 2025, your rights are open from 1er April 2025 at April 30, 2026.
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Unpaid invoices
During the winter truce (from 1er November to March 31), your electrical power is maintained, even if you have unpaid bills. Outside of the winter break, you are entitled to a minimum power supply of 1 kVA (kilovoltampere) for 60 days, even in case of unpaid.
In addition, the intervention costs associated with an unpaid payment (such as a power reduction or a power suspension) are reduced.
Finally, you are exempt from the fees in case of payment rejection (for example, if your direct debit fails).
Moving
You are exempt from paying the cost of commissioning electricity or gas in your new home.
Tracking your consumption
Your supplier offers you an offer allowing the precise and refined transmission of your electricity and gas consumption. This helps you track your consumption more easily and can help you save energy.
To benefit from the energy check, one of the members of your tax home must have signed an electricity contract.
In addition, your tax household must have a reference tax income (RFR) less than €11,000 per consumption unit (UC) on the tax assessment for year N-2 (2023 for the energy check issued in 2025).
The CPU corresponds to the composition of your household. It is calculated as follows:
- The 1er registrant (or the sole registrant if there is only one) for 1 CPU.
- The 2nd declarant (if any) for account 0.5 CPU. If there are no 2nd declarant, it's 1re person dependent or attached to the tax household who takes this place and then counts for 0.5 UC.
- Each of the other persons connected to the tax household counts for 0.3 CPU.
The values of 0.5 CPU and 0.3 CPU are divided by 2 if they concern minor children living in alternating residence with each of the 2 parents.
To determine your entitlement to the energy check, you must:
- Know the composition of your tax home expressed in CPU
- View your RFR of the year N-2
- And divide this RFR by your number of UCs. This result determines whether your RFR is below the threshold of €11,000 by UC. Thus, if the result is less than €11,000 by UC, your household can receive the energy check.
Example :
A family of 4 people (2 parents and 2 children) has an RFR €48,000.
Their UC is 2.1, calculated as follows: 1 for 1er adult, 0.5 for the 2nd, and 0.3 for each child (1 + 0.5 + 0.3 + 0.3 = 2.1).
To determine their entitlement to the energy check, the RFR must be divided by the number of CPUs: 48,000/2.1 = €22,857.14.
This amount is higher than the €11,000However, the family cannot benefit from the energy check.
You can test your entitlement to the energy check and know its amount using a simulator:
The Service and Payment Agency (ASP) draws up a list of beneficiaries of the energy check each year. This list consists of:
- from a main list of automatically identified beneficiaries through the transmission of data by the tax authorities, public electricity distribution system operators and electricity suppliers
- and a list of beneficiaries on their request.
If you are a beneficiary automatically identified, the ASP sends you the energy check directly by mail or online to your beneficiary account (if you have opted for this method of transmission).
FYI
When your situation, with regard to the tax authorities, is corrected and whether this correction allows you to qualify for the energy check or entitles you to a higher amount, ASP issues an energy check or a supplementary energy check or redeems the check initially received for a new check.
If you have not received your energy check if you meet the attribution criteria (for example, you did not file your tax return or sent it out of time), you can apply online or by post.
Online
Apply for an energy check online
Please note
The ASP awards the 2025 energy checks to applications submitted until February 28, 2026.
By mail
Your request must be made using a form:
Apply for an energy check by mail
This form must be accompanied by the following supporting documents:
- Photocopy of proof of identity (e.g. passport, national identity card)
- Photocopy of the certificate of electricity supply contract in his name and first name showing the delivery point number (PDL) or reference point (PRM) in Metropolitan France, or delivery space (EDL) for overseas departments and regions (Drom) and Corsica, less than 3 months old. This is the 14-digit identifier that allows the electrical meter to be precisely located
- Photocopy of income tax notice (N-2)
- Guardianship or trusteeship judgment (if the applicant is placed under guardianship or trusteeship) and photocopy of the identity of the guardian/trustee with proof of domicile in his name and first name dating from less than 3 months at the time of the application for the energy check
The form and documents must be sent by mail to the service and payment agency (ASP):
Who shall I contact
Please note
The ASP awards the 2025 energy checks to applications submitted until February 28, 2026.
The energy check takes the form of a check paper sent by mail to your address.
However, if you wish, you can request to receive your future energy checks in dematerialized format.
Warning
Only electricity and gas bills can be paid online. However, the selected supplier must have signed up to the energy check and accepted this payment method. Other expenses such as the purchase of heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production, or energy charges can therefore not be paid online.
The paper or dematerialized energy check is also accompanied by attestations to assert your rights associated with the energy check (unpaid bills, moving...). These certificates have a maturity date of 30 April following thecalendar year of their show.
FYI
When an energy check is reissued (in case of loss of the initial energy check, for example), it is accompanied by a new certificate. The maturity of a re-issued certificate is not changed from the certificate it replaces.
You must create a beneficiary account on the website dedicated to the energy check and activate the e-Chèque énergie service.
You must scratch the code on the right grayed out part of the check (this is a PIN).
Warning
Once scratched, the paper energy check is considered to be used online and can no longer be sent by post to the professional concerned to pay for your energy expenses. In addition, once you have activated the e-Chèque énergie service, all your future energy checks will be dematerialized.
When your request for a format change is validated, your beneficiary account is credited with the same amount as the paper energy check.
You can pay your energy bills online.
You will have access to the balance and history of your payments.
The amount of the energy check is defined according to the RFR of your household and the number of people who compose it (calculated in UC).
Number of CPUs | RFR less than €5,700 per CPU | RFR less than or equal to€5,700 unless €6,800 per CPU | RFR less than or equal to€6,800 unless €7,850 per CPU | RFR less than or equal to €7,850 unless €11,000 per CPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 CPU | €194 | €146 | €98 | €48 |
1 < CPU < 2 | €240 | €176 | €113 | €63 |
2 or more CPUs | €277 | €202 | €126 | €76 |
The amount of the energy check therefore amounts to €48 minimum up to €277 maximum TTC: titleContent. Only one energy check is awarded per unit.
You can test your entitlement to the energy check and know its amount using a simulator:
You can pay your expenses as follows:
Type of expenditure | Method of payment | Refundable? |
|---|---|---|
Invoices (electricity/gas) |
| The remaining amount is used to pay the next bills. It is refundable only in the event of the end of an energy contract. |
Purchase of fuels (heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production) | Hand delivery to the seller | Non-refundable |
Energy charges in a home-fireplace | Sending the paper energy check by simple mail or hand delivery to the manager of the home | The remaining amount is used to pay the next charges. It is refundable only in the event of the end of the contract of occupation. |
Energy charges in residential care for the elderly | Sending the paper energy check by simple mail or hand delivery to the establishment | The remaining amount is used to pay the next charges. It is refundable only in the event of the end of the contract of occupation. |
Rental expenses in social housing | Sending the paper energy check by simple mail to the lessor | The remaining amount is used to pay the next charges. It is refundable only at the end of the lease. |
The energy check must imperatively be given to a professional who has adhered to this device.
In case of online payment, the professional must have, in addition, accepted this method of payment.
A directory is available to search for a professional meeting these conditions:
Search for a professional accepting energy checks in paper format or online
The expiry date is written on the front of your energy check. If you receive a dematerialized check, the expiry date is indicated on your beneficiary account.
The energy check issued for thecalendar year includes the following deadline:
- 31 March of the following calendar year, when issued before 1er September
- March 31 of the 2nde the following calendar year, when issued from 1er September included.
However, where an energy check is reissued or issued late, the validity date shall be set as follows:
- 31 March of the year following its date of issue, where it occurs before 1er September
- March 31 of the 2nde year following its date of issue, where it occurs from 1er September included.
FYI
The next energy checks will be sent in November 2025.
You must report the loss or theft of your energy check directly online or by phone.
Who shall I contact
Help center to answer all your questions about the energy check
By phone
08 05 20 48 05
Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm.
Free service and call
By email
By accessing the contact form.
When you file your return, you will need to specify the following:
- Your first and last name
- Your tax number (listed on your tax notice)
- Your address.
ASP will send you a new energy check to replace the old one.
Yes, the energy voucher may be combined with the following aid:
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
Help center to answer all your questions about the energy check
By phone
08 05 20 48 05
Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm.
Free service and call
By email
By accessing the contact form.
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