Si the increase of € 1.000, from April 15next and until the end of 2022, MaPrimeRénov' aid for the installation of a renewable heating system such as heat pumps (including hybrids) or biomass boilers is a measure that is positive, the CAPEB considers, barring any changes, that this additional aid is a sham vis-à-vis the remainder to be paid for by the most modest households.
Indeed, this measure, as beneficial as it is, comes in a context where the Energy Savings Certificates (ESC) system is strongly impacted by a deflationary effect at the start of the 5th Period, deterring a good number of obliged to carry out, from April 1, the Coup de Pouce Heating operations which make it possible to improve the work of replacing an old individual coal, oil or gas boiler with systems operating on renewable energies (biomass, solar, thermodynamics) . To date, none of the major obligors, with the exception of EDF, has decided to support the Coup de Pouce Heating offer.
However, if the Coup de Pouce Heating aid cannot be mobilized for the installation of a heat pump at €12.000, the remaining charge for the most modest households will amount, from 1 April next, to €7.000 taking into account the increase of €1.000, and not €4.000 like today, which will inevitably lead individuals to turn away from this type of work.
Also, and in order for the additional aid decided by the Government to be effective, CAPEB considers that urgent measures must be taken so that the Coup de Pouce CEE offers remain attractive in view of the current price of CEEs on the market, so that they can be carried by the actors of the EWC system. Otherwise, the sector will face a sudden halt in work to improve the energy performance of housing. With the key to a disinterest of the craft companies of the incentive devices.
With regard to the postponement of the abolition of MaPrimeRénov' aid to 1 January 2023 for the installation of new gas boilers, CAPEB is surprised that such a measure has not been concerted with the actors of the sector concerned.
Once again, CAPEB points out that it is essential to increase the visibility of CEE aid and MaPrimeRénov', which can only be done by ensuring better stability for these two essential systems.