Μake us preferred on Google Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has opened its myThermansi platform early. Households have until December 4, 2026, to apply for this year’s heating allowance, which is up 30% and can reach €1,560 in the coldest areas. About 1.2 million households are expected to qualify, and the advance payment will be credited by December 23. The joint ministerial decision is in the Government Gazette, and €225 million has been allocated from the Energy Transition Fund.
How much households receive
The base amount depends on the heating type: €380 for electricity, €360 for pellets, €350 for firewood and district heating, €325 for natural gas, and €300 for heating oil, blue kerosene, and LPG.
Payments range from €100 to €1,040. Areas with a climate coefficient of 1 or higher get a 25% increase, raising the cap to €1,300. Where the coefficient is 1.2 or higher, a further 25% lifts it to €1,560. These are ceilings: the actual amount depends on location, fuel, dependent children, and purchases.
Qualifying purchases
Purchases made between October 1, 2026, and March 31, 2027, count toward the allowance. Heating oil counts from October 15, and firewood and pellets from June 1, 2026.
To get the full amount, your purchases must be worth at least twice your allowance. If you spend less, you get half of what you spent, but never less than €100. Heating oil is valued at a fixed €1.56 per liter, whatever you actually paid.
Eligibility
Applicants can be single, married, widowed, divorced, separated, or in a civil partnership. The property must be their primary residence when they apply, whether they own it, rent it, or live there free of charge. For married couples, the spouse who files the tax return applies. If they file separately, either spouse can apply. Each beneficiary can claim support for only one fuel type.
Eligibility is based on the 2025 tax return and the 2026 ENFIA property tax assessment. Total family income, both actual and imputed and excluding tax-exempt income, must not exceed:
• €16,000 for single, widowed, and separated people
• €24,000 for married couples, plus €5,000 for each dependent child
• €29,000 for single-parent families, plus €5,000 for each child after the first
Divorced or separated parents who claim dependent children count as single-parent families, as long as the children aren’t on the other parent’s tax return.
