The heating aid is granted for a single system used for heating the home, during the cold season, declared by the single person, or 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 home heating with thermal energy in a centralized system;

b) aid for natural gas;

c) aid for electricity;

d) aid for solid and/or petroleum-based fuels.

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

Heating aids and the energy supplement are granted according to the average net monthly income per family member, or of the single person, by percentage compensation of heating costs, applied to the reference values, and the amount for the percentage 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, for families, and 2,053 lei, for single persons.

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-based fuels.

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

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

• are citizens of a member state of the European Union, a state belonging to the European Economic Area, the Swiss Confederation or other states, during the period they have their 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 their domicile or, as the case may be, residence in Romania;
• 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 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