Home heating aid, energy supplement

Legislation

• • Law No 226/2021 on the establishment of social protection measures for vulnerable consumers;
  • GD no. 1073/2021 on the methodological rules for the implementation of the provisions of Law no. 226/2021 on the establishment of protection measures for vulnerable energy consumers.

Aid for home heating is granted for the cold season period from 01.11.2024 to 31.03.2025.

Beneficiaries

Can benefit the following categories of home heating aid and energy supplement:

• families who have a net monthly income per family member of up to 1386 lei;
• single people with a net monthly income of up to 2053 lei.

Entitlement to home heating aid is determined once for the entire cold season.

Submission of applications

Applications can be submitted as follows:

• by the 20th of the month, the entitlement will be granted from that month onwards;
• after the 20th of the month, the entitlement will be granted from the following month.

Application - Affidavit together with supporting documents, may be submitted to the headquarters of Targu Mures Social Assistance Department, 9 Gheorghe Doja str., respecting the following programme:

• Monday and Wednesday: 08:00 - 14:30;
• Tuesday and Thursday: 08:00 - 16:00;
• Friday: 08:00 - 14:00.

Applications with supporting documents can also be submitted online to the e-mail address: registratura.das@tirgumures.ro.   

Amount of heating aid and energy supplement

The heating aid for users of electricity, natural gas or wood and oil fuels is granted on the basis of the average monthly net income per family member or single person, as a percentage of a reference value, which may not be less than 250 lei/month (for natural gas), 500 lei/month (for electricity) and 320 lei/month (for solid and/or oil fuels).

 IF THE ONLY SOURCE OF ENERGY USED IS ELECTRICITY, THE AMOUNT OF THE SUPPLEMENT IS 70 LEI/MONTH.

The energy supplement is paid monthly throughout the year and is paid as follows:

• Supplier, but not more than the billed consumption in the case of the supplement;
• Directly to the holder in the case of the supplement for the consumption of solid fuels.

The energy supplement can be claimed together with the home heating allowance or separately.

Declaring a greater number of family members, income lower than the real income and non-declaration of assets held, with the obvious aim of obtaining undue material benefits, constitutes the crime of forgery, forgery or fraud, as appropriate, and is punishable under the provisions of the Penal Code.

Documents required:

• A standard application form, accompanied by an affidavit of family composition and income;
• Proof of family composition (ID card, identity card, identity card, children's birth certificates, marriage certificate, residence permit or passport) - xerox copy;
• Evidence of the income realised by the family members for the month preceding the submission of the application: pay slip and other salary entitlements, allowances, incentives, pension coupon for August 2024, unemployment benefit payment slip, the tax assessment decision for the last quarter from the Mures Public Finance Administration, other documents proving the sources of income, as appropriate;
• Copy of the contract of sale/lease/ CF extract for the dwelling (CF extract not older than 30 days);
• Certificate from the owners'/tenants' association showing the number of persons registered in the land register and taken into account when determining the maintenance costs of the dwelling;
• Certificate from the Land and Agricultural Register Service of the City Hall of Târgu Mureș regarding the land and animals in ownership (obtained with the support of DAS Târgu Mureș);
• Copy of your last gas bill (all pages double-sided);
• Copy of your last electricity bill (all pages double-sided);
• Copy of the car registration;
• A bank statement or a sworn statement on savings totalling more than three times the average gross salary provided for by the State Social Insurance Act;
• Other documents as appropriate.

For any further information, please call the Social Assistance Department of Targu Mures at the following telephone numbers: 0365/430859 or mobile: 0725403318 available to the public from Monday to Friday between 08:00 and 15:00.