“Connected room-by-room heating control” boost: the sector opposes the removal of this aid

The sector implementing the “Connected room-by-room heating control” boost is concerned about the risk that the Government will not renew this system. While adjustments are necessary, particularly to combat fraud, maintaining this aid is essential to achieve energy efficiency objectives and not penalize households and stakeholders who comply with the rules.

The representatives of the sector are therefore at the disposal of the public authorities to work URGENTLY on the conditions for extending the system.

The Higher Energy Council (CSE) was notified yesterday of a project to terminate the Coup de pouce "Connected room-by-room heating management" early. The Government justified this project by the alleged fraud that would affect the system, while specifying that it consisted of a suspension with a view to improving it.

The French sector implementing this Coup de pouce – manufacturers, distributors, installers, players in the energy sector –, although aware of a system that is insufficiently targeted at equipment and companies that comply with European standards and the rules of the art, calls on the public authorities to do everything possible to ensure that this aid can be renewed as soon as possible.

Indeed, while we must not give up in the face of excesses that jeopardize a whole part of the support structure for the environmental and energy transition of our country, we must not weaken it by hasty reversals that could discourage serious companies involved in it. The sovereignty of the sector is at stake.

A hasty and definitive end to this Coup de pouce would first penalize the players who have taken the time to invest in setting up a well-structured and supervised offer, and would expose them to legal and commercial risks.

While a significant number of households are not yet equipped with efficient programmable thermostats and will need to be by 2027, maintaining a strong incentive for equipment must remain a priority. Achieving the energy efficiency objectives, recently reaffirmed by the Government, depends on it.

The context of constrained public finances and the significant potential for underlying energy savings argue for an extension of the Coup de pouce, in favour of which the Higher Energy Council also spoke yesterday.

The sector is now at the disposal of the Government to work URGENTLY on defining the terms for renewing the Coup de pouce that will prevent abuse and allow it to be directed towards high-performance equipment, installed by qualified and independent professionals, supported by professional distribution.

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