What would be awesome is if you could pay a rammoner with it!!
I think the list is for Energy suppliers ⊠not energetic woodcutters⊠
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Who donât supply wood so the new thing has to work differently. Wait and see when the details come out I guess!
Well done Stella. Do you mind telling me how and where you applied ?
I think it was this one⊠have your â2021 Avis for 2020 incomeâ to hand as youâll b e asked for info on that document.
and also scan an oil bill in the same name and address as the person applying⊠(youâll be asked to attach/upload the pdf if your income is sufficiently low to make you a possibilityâŠ)
https://chequefioul.asp-public.fr/chqfuel/
edit: @_Brian I applied here as an Oil userâŠ
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I told my boy about the wood payment and he checked online to see if he is eligible. Apparently they would be if they had two children currently even with their combined salaries. Unfortunately the new baby isnât due until end march so too late for this claim. Seems there are stricter criteria than the cheque Ă©nergie that I get automatically every year via the ImpĂŽts.
Stella - Many thanks for that. Like you I had applied before , but was rejected. Using the link you gave , seems now we are eligible for a cheque in 60 days - we shall see !
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At the back of my mind, Iâm wondering if this link has made a mistake⊠so Iâm not spending the money in advance⊠
I read it in the Connexion and tried the site given but it is not live yet. I was just hoping to see what the criteria is to benefit. Whatever it is, I bet we just miss out again. The address I tried was chequeenergie.gouv.fr but it seems to be just for fioul unless the rules are the same of course, but you cannot apply until later this month for wood so nothing specific mentioned.
If those using gaz, electric or oil get benefit, why shouldnât wood users get it too. We use it for heating, water and cooking and it has increased in price this year like all other forms of heating.
Received the cheque for 100⏠and some bumpf explaining how to use it⊠so you should be getting yours soon, too.
@toryroo and anyone else
although weâve been accepted 'cos we use Oil and have low income⊠the cheque canât go into our Bank AccountâŠ
It has to be used to pay for âenergy suppliesâ ie Oil/Elect/Gaz⊠(or certain renovations ???)
and the âchequeâ has an expiry date of 2024⊠so thereâs flexability and time.
Thus, anyone who is accepted when the âWood-chequeâ comes along⊠might well find they can do similarlyâŠ
Iâve yet to go through the small print again, but thatâs the gist of itâŠ
Iâm very pleased and grateful !!
EDIT: Makes absolute sense that the cheque canât be paid into oneâs own bank account⊠and simply get lost thereinâŠ
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Where did you apply please, Stella? The only website I found doesnât go live until 22nd DecemberâŠ
Stella applied for an oil cheque, AFAIAA.
P.S. I noticed that the info given out via Service Publique (received via email this morning) states that after applying on of after 22/12/2022 you need to give your ânumĂ©ro fiscal de tĂ©lĂ©dĂ©clarantâ - fair enough - but then also to âtransmettre votre facture.â.
Iâm guessing that alot/most people burning actual wood wonât have any factures as it tends to be very much a cash/black economy thing i.e. nice gesture by the government but maybe a bit cynicalâŠ?
Equally those of us using pellets may only have scrappy till receipts for a few bags at a time, especially as many suppliers havenât allowed people to buy more than small quantities up until now this year. Are they expecting a facture representing a big chunk of the seasonâs cost?
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It is entirely due to this thread on Wood⊠that I re-checked my own situation albeit for OIL.
I have mentioned, on each post here , that I am on OIL and it was OIL link which has given me the glad eye⊠and paid me 100âŹâŠ
I am sorry if Wood folk are confused by my happy outcome⊠but the Wood opportunity starts towards the end of the month.
Burning wood has seen me through a great number of years. Seeing this study âwood burning stoves produce 450 times more toxic air pollution than gas central heating,â has made me think again. I have a view of over 80 kilometres plus 360 degrees and most days in winter when the wind is calm I can spot the smoke from houses they all have plumes over one kilometre long ,that cannot be good
They are badly running stoves or freshly lit.
Having monitored indoor PM2.5 particles 450 times is quite an exageration. Around 26 is what I recorded. But not much more.
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I donât think the figure referenced was about indoor particles, but more about the exterior pollution.
Obviously an official invoice is required otherwise every man and his dog will be applying and they canât physically go round every applicant to check if they have a wood burner or not. My family only burn the compacted logs from a local manufacturer so they have a proper invoice butâŠthey canât get the rebate because they are one child short of the obligatory two required for families applying that have both adults working which seems unfair as its for heating and DIL is pregnant so needs to keep warm when she isnât at work. I used to buy all my wood that I did not forage or get from garden previously from local farmers who coppiced their hedges and woods and sold for cash, they are certainly not going to give an official invoice to anyone and deny selling if anyone asks although LeBonCoin does provide a source of information for the fisc to investigate.
At present, the aid is for folk/families on a certain low-level income.
re your DIL etc⊠with both adults working, it would seem that their joint income is not low enough at the momentâŠ
Thus, in my opinion, itâs not the French Govt being unfair.
The French Govt has already⊠and probably will in the future, offer help for those who fall just above these low-income thresholds.
For those heating with Wood⊠I think the govt site for you to apply⊠will be available from tomorrow (27th)âŠ