2023-11-10 16:25:02
Families who do not have access to the social energy tariff because they heat via a collective installation may soon be entitled to an annual bonus.
Federal Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten will submit a draft bill to the government introducing a “social tariff” bonus. This text will make it possible to grant an annual bonus for families who do not have access to the social energy tariff because they are heated via a collective installation.
In 2024, this bonus should rise to 160 euros for households heating with a collective gas installation. “With this proposal, we correct an inequality for approximately 60,000 families which had flown under the radar before the rise in energy prices.
The social tariff largely contributed to avoiding “a social bloodbath”.
Although these families were able to request energy bonuses – up to 980 euros for winter 2022-2024 with the basic package – we wanted to put in place a structural measure. This will be the case with the ‘social tariff’ bonus”, explained the minister.
Currently, the social energy tariff is only allocated to residential end customers, which automatically excludes all families connected to a collective boiler. At the height of the crisis, the social tariff largely contributed to avoiding “a social bloodbath”, noted Ms Van der Straeten. “Several studies, notably from the National Bank and the CREG, have proven that the social energy tariff as applied in Belgium constitutes very effective protection against high and volatile energy prices for the most precarious households.
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