The heating aid for the home is granted for a single system used to heat the home, during the cold season, declared by the single person, respectively by a family member who has full capacity to exercise civil rights, who becomes the holder of the aid.

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

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

b) aid for natural gas;

c) aid for electric energy;

d) aid for solid and/or petroleum fuels.

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

The heating aids and the energy supplement are granted depending on the average net monthly income per family member, respectively of the single person, by proportional compensation of heating expenses, applied to the reference values, and the corresponding amount for proportional compensation is covered from the state budget, as follows:

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

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

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

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

The heating aid is granted to families and single persons, Romanian citizens, who reside in Romania.

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

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

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

The energy supplement is granted monthly, throughout the year