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The subsidy for heating oil and pellets is to be paid out in 2023. How tenants get the money and what landlords have to consider.
- After electricity and gas, pellet and heating oil customers should also be financially relieved via the state treasury
- The subsidy for heating oil and pellets is to be paid out in Germany retrospectively for 2022
- Tenants in apartment buildings should also be entitled to the relief.
In the course of the war in Ukraine and the associated energy and price crisis, energy prices in Germany rose massively in 2022. Although a slight downward trend can be seen with regard to gas, pellet and heating oil prices for 2023, this is not a certainty. Factors such as the course of the war or the weather are also difficult to calculate. In addition, had to Heating oil and pellet customers often inevitably pay the expensive prices in autumn 2022.
Pellet and heating oil subsidy: who can look forward to money from the state in 2023
These consumers are now to be financially relieved by a state subsidy for heating oil and pellets. The traffic light coalition has listed details in a first key points paper. One thing is certain: the federal government wants to cover the total costs of around 1.8 billion euros with money from the Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF) created during the corona pandemic – the federal states, in turn, should be responsible for paying out the money to consumers and for examining applications .
Speaking of consumers: those who are entitled themselves must also react. It is better to avoid mistakes in the application process for the heating oil or pellet subsidy. In contrast to the electricity and gas price brake, the relief for heating oil and pellets does not come automatically. In addition, various requirements must be met for the heating oil and pellet subsidy. The heating costs must be compared to the previous year at least doubled have – also applies:
- Only the period from January 1st to December 1st, 2022 will be subsidised
- Consumers must be able to prove that their heating costs have doubled
- 80 percent of the doubling will be reimbursed – i.e. not the full amount
- The funding ceiling should be 2,000 euros per household
- An affidavit must be attached to the application
Heating oil and pellets: subsidy only on application – what that means for tenants
living in one Building several families, the tenants do not have to react at first. reports of “Stuttgart Newspaper” According to this, in such cases it is the landlord’s turn as the owner and he must apply for the subsidy for heating oil and pellets. The same requirements apply to the landlord as to everyone else. In other words: receipt, affidavit and application must be filled out. As of today (January 3, 2023), it is not yet known what exactly this looks like and how it works in practice.
It is also possible that the Federal states handle the application and payment of heating oil and pellet aid differently. “Many details have not yet been worked out,” said Oliver Klapschus from the “HeizOel24” comparison portal at the end of December 2022 in an interview with our editors. Therefore, one cannot say much about the planned subsidy at the moment. Based on the planned key points, the affected heating oil and pellet customers can already prepare for a possible application.
Subsidy for heating oil and pellets: the landlord must take this into account
For landlords, however, there is a special feature in the relief: In contrast to the owner – who lives in his own living space – landlords still have to formally declare, according to information from the “Stuttgarter Zeitung”, that they will pass on the subsidy for heating oil or pellets to their tenants. In this case, too, the exact procedure is not yet clear. It is conceivable about the grant to be passed on to the tenants via a reduction in the ancillary costs or by bank transfer.
The advantage for the tenants: they don’t have to deal with the application at first. However, it may take longer for them to get the money. Especially since it is still completely unclear when exactly the subsidies for heating oil, pellets and liquid gas will actually be paid out in 2023. In addition to important details about the process, there is also no concrete timetable yet. At the moment, affected consumers can only see whether they are eligible and, if so, how much the subsidy is.
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