If you have a financial burden due to heating costs, check to see if you are eligible to apply for an energy voucher. In this article, we will introduce how to check energy voucher balance and apply.
Due to the recent surge in heating costs, the government doubled the amount of energy voucher support for the winter. Energy vouchers can be applied for until February 28, 2023. Read the article and apply quickly.
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How to check and apply for energy voucher balance in just 5 minutes
Heating cost support eligibility and support amount
How to check energy voucher balance
1. Access the Energy Voucher website
2. Proceed with balance inquiry
How to apply for an energy voucher
1. Application for visit
2. Ex officio application
3. Online application
Frequently Asked Questions (Q&A)
Heating cost support eligibility and support amount
According to information announced by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the winter energy voucher support amount doubled from 152,000 won to 304,000 won.
However, even if you are a recipient of basic livelihood security or the next lowest class, you may not be eligible for energy voucher support. Therefore, please check your eligibility before applying.
Additionally, as the gas bill welfare policy has been expanded, some people may be eligible for additional discounts. I’ve summarized that part, so it would be good for your reference.
Check eligibility and recipients for heating cost support
How to check energy voucher balance
1. Access the Energy Voucher website
Go to the Energy Voucher website to check the recipient’s energy voucher balance.
Go to Energy Voucher homepage
2. Proceed with balance inquiry
Energy Voucher – Balance Inquiry – Click
Balance inquiry
2-1. Click Balance Inquiry in the central menu of the Energy Voucher homepage.
Energy voucher-Balance inquiry-Input information
Balance inquiry-enter information
2-2. Enter the name, date of birth, and address of the recipient of livelihood and medical benefits. However, for a limited time in 2022, recipients of housing and education benefits will also be eligible for energy voucher support, so please proceed in the same way.
How to apply for an energy voucher
There are three ways to apply for an energy voucher: in-person application, ex officio application, and online application.
1. Application for visit
You can apply in person by visiting the administrative welfare center in your town, township, or neighborhood of residence according to your resident registration. The beneficiary himself or his representative can visit. However, when visiting a representative, the beneficiary’s power of attorney and representative’s ID card are required.
2. Ex officio application
If you are unable to visit the Administrative Welfare Center in person due to mobility issues, please use this method. The official in charge will assist you with your application via phone, etc.
3. Online application
You can also easily apply online through the Welfare website. After accessing the website, please follow the steps below.
Go to Bokboro homepage
3-1. Energy Voucher Search
After accessing Welfare, search for “energy voucher” in the search bar in the center.
Bokbo-ro-Search bar-Energy Voucher-Search
Energy Voucher-Search
3-2. Welfare service selection
Scroll down slightly to find welfare services. Click on the energy voucher in the first place.
Welfare service-selection
Welfare Service-Selection
3-3. Apply for energy voucher
Click the Apply button just below the energy voucher description box.
Energy Voucher-Apply
Energy Voucher-Apply
3-4. Login progress
You must log in to apply for the service. We recommend the simple authentication method for logging in as it is easy. Click in the following order: Simple Authentication -> Simple Authentication Login.
Simple authentication can be done quickly using one of the Naver app, KakaoTalk app, or PASS app.
To Welfare – Login – Proceed
Login – Proceed
3-5. Check Apply for Energy Voucher
Scroll down as far as possible. When looking at services for low-income people, there are energy vouchers. Check Apply.
If you scroll further to the bottom, there is a Save and Next Step button. Just click and follow the instructions.
Low-income group-Energy Voucher-Selection-and-Application
Energy Voucher – Apply – Check
Frequently Asked Questions (Q&A)
Q. Are energy vouchers a cash-based project? How can I use it?
A. Energy vouchers provide energy vouchers to purchase energy, not cash.
Summer energy vouchers are automatically deducted from your electricity bill. Winter energy vouchers include deducting electricity, city gas, and district heating bills, paying the above bills with the National Happiness Card, and purchasing kerosene, briquettes, and LPG.
Q. There are multiple people eligible for support. What is the energy voucher support amount?
A. Energy voucher support is provided by household. Therefore, even if there are multiple eligible people in a household, only one can be issued per household.
The support amount is calculated based on the number of household members regardless of the number of eligible people. Therefore, if someone is eligible for support, the subsidy will be paid based on the number of household members classified as 1, 2, 3, or 4 or more.
Up to this point, we have learned about how to check energy voucher balance and apply. We hope this will help reduce the burden of energy bills.