The heating aid for the home is granted for a single system used for heating the home, during the cold season, declared by the single person, or by a member of the family who has full legal capacity, who becomes the beneficiary of the aid.

Depending on the heating system used in the home, the categories of heating aid are:

a) aid for heating the home with thermal energy in a centralized system;

b) aid for natural gas;

c) aid for electricity;

d) aid for solid and/or petroleum fuels.

The heating aid is granted only to families and/or single persons.

Heating aids and the energy supplement are granted depending on the net average monthly income per family member, or of the single person, by compensating a percentage of the heating expenses, applied to the reference values, and the amount for the percentage compensation is covered by the state budget, as follows:

• in proportion of 100% of the reference value, but not more than the billed consumption, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is up to 200 lei;
• in proportion of 90%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 200.1 lei and 320 lei;
• in proportion of 80%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 320.1 lei and 440 lei;
• in proportion of 70%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 440.1 lei and 560 lei;
• in proportion of 60%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 560.1 lei and 680 lei;
• in proportion of 50%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 680.1 lei and 920 lei;
• in proportion of 40%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 920.1 lei and 1,040 lei;
• in proportion of 30%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 1,040.1 lei and 1,160 lei;
• in proportion of 20%, if the net average monthly income per family member or single person is between 1,160.1 lei and 1,280 lei;
• in proportion of 10%, if the net average monthly income per family member is between 1,280.1 lei and 1,386 lei;
• in proportion of 10%, if the net average monthly income of the single person is between 1,280.1 lei and 2,053 lei.

The net average monthly income up to which heating aid is granted is 1,386 lei/person, in the case of the family, and 2,053 lei in the case of the single person.

The reference value, depending on the heating system used, is updated by government decision and cannot be lower than:

• 250 lei/month, for natural gas;
• 500 lei/month, for electricity;
• 320 lei/month, for solid and/or petroleum fuels.

Heating aid is granted to families and single persons, Romanian citizens, living in Romania.

The heating aid is also granted to families and single persons who are not Romanian citizens, if they are in one of the following situations:

• they are citizens of a European Union member state, of a state belonging to the European Economic Area, of the Swiss Confederation, or of other states, for the period during which they have their domicile or, as the case may be, residence in Romania;
• they are foreign citizens or stateless persons to whom a form of protection has been granted in Romania and have their domicile or, as the case may be, residence in Romania;
• they are stateless persons who have their domicile or, as the case may be, residence in Romania.

Families and single persons whose incomes are up to the value provided for in the previous chapter benefit monthly, including during the cold season, from a fixed amount energy supplement, granted depending on the sources of energy supply used, in the amount of:

The energy supplement is granted monthly, throughout the whole year