By Chrysostomos Tsoufis

After the first payments to beneficiaries of the heating allowance who consume oil, it was the turn of those who consume electricity to heat themselves. The relevant platform has been open since yesterday and is waiting for the approximately 1.2 million beneficiary households described in the MOU signed by the leaders of the Ministries of Finance and Energy.

The allowance – from €45 to €480 – is granted for the period from January 1 to March 31, 2024 for the electricity consumption of the beneficiaries’ main residence, regardless of whether it is privately owned, rented or granted free of charge. It is not paid in cash but as a discount on an electricity bill – settlement or against – regardless of the provider (even if it changes)

The income and property criteria are the same as for heating oil:

INCOME

Up to €16,000 for a single person, €24,000 for a couple and €29,000 for a single-parent family

with a surcharge of €5,000/child

Up to €80,000 for freelancers and the self-employed

PROPERTIES

Up to €200,000 for singles

Up to €300,000 for married and single-parent families

Excluded from the granting of the allowance are:

-Those who applied for a heating allowance with oil purchases
-Dependent members and guests
-Those who pay luxury living tax
-Professional roofs
-Foreign tax residents
– Beneficiaries of social household tariff

In their application through the AADE platform myHeatingbeneficiaries will be asked to complete, among other things:

-Tax number of the applicant but also of the lessor or the free grantor (if any)
-Full name
– Number of any dependent children
-Electricity supply number
-Postal Address
– Tax identification number of the person to whom the bill is issued
-Name of supplier who issued the last available bill
-Email adress
-Phone number

After the application AADE checks the data and sends it to DEDDIE, which in turn communicates it to the suppliers in order to apply the subsidy to the bills in the form of a discount

Two more beneficiaries cannot declare the same benefit number and one VAT number cannot make more than one application.

In case of rejection of the application or granting of a benefit smaller than the one requested, it is possible to dispute the results of the processing and to submit a review request by the interested party to the AADE until July 15, 2024.

The review request is made through the digital portal myAADE/Registry and Communication/Questions to A.A.D.E./ subject category “Heating Allowance” and is accompanied by the reasons documenting the objection.