Barbara Pompili facilitates the connection of renewable energies, heat pumps and charging stations

Similarly, the costs of connecting heat pumps and charging stations for individuals and small professionals will be covered up to 80%.

For Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition: “The cost of connection to the networks can be a brake on the deployment of certain small renewable electricity production projects as well as the installation of heat pumps, the development of which is nevertheless an essential issue in our energy policy. Reducing connection costs will make it possible to speed up their installations, particularly in rural areas. This is a concrete step forward in advancing the country's energy transition. »

The climate and resilience law makes it possible to increase the coverage by the tariff for the use of public electricity networks (TURPE) of the costs of connecting renewable electricity production facilities with a power of less than 500 kilowatts. A decree, which will be published in the coming days, thus increases this coverage to 60% instead of 40% for renewable electricity production facilities whose power is less than 500 kilowatts. It remains degressive for the higher powers.

Then, the connection costs will be reduced for the equipment of an electric charging station and for the installation of a heat pump. A draft implementing decree for the Climate and Resilience Act currently being consulted will thus be submitted to the next Higher Energy Council for publication in the coming days in order to increase the coverage of these connection costs to 80%. .

Reducing dependence on fossil fuels, developing electric renewable energies and deploying heat pumps and electric vehicles are pillars of the government's energy and climate roadmap. The resilience plan presented by the Prime Minister on March 16, 2022 was designed with this in mind and the increased coverage of connection costs will make it possible to accelerate the deployment of virtuous solutions.