312.71 PLN per month for electricity and gas. Payments are made regardless of income.

• Pensioners who have veteran status, were victims of war repression or are family members of eligible persons may receive non-repayable support for gas, electricity or heating bills.
• The allowance is intended to cover part of the costs of electricity, heat and gas consumption for domestic purposes in the household.
• In 2025, the monthly amount of this benefit is PLN 312.71 and is paid together with the retirement or disability pension.

With rising electricity bills, many people are looking for any help they can get. One solution is a flat -rate energy allowance. This non-refundable allowance is intended to cover a portion of the costs of consumption:

• electricity,
• thermal energy,
• gas

for basic household purposes.

The allowance is available to:

• veterans and other entitled persons - pensioners, invalids and persons receiving pensions while retired or

  family allowance,

• soldiers of alternative military service forced to work in coal mines, quarries and uranium ore extraction plants and construction battalions,
• widows of soldiers who were forced to work and received a pension or disability pension,
• widows or widowers - pensioners and annuitants, survivors of veterans and other entitled persons.

This means that the energy lump sum can be inherited - in the event of the death of the entitled person, the benefit can be taken over by his or her spouse.

• The application for the energy lump sum is available at the Social Insurance Institution or the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund offices.
• Decision of the head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression confirming periods of veteran activity or repression in the case of war veterans and victims of oppression, as well as confirming entitlements as a family member of a war veteran in the case of widows or widowers.
• A certificate from the Military Recruitment Command confirming the period and type of compulsory employment as part of alternative military service - in the case of soldiers employed on a compulsory basis.
• Certificate from the relevant military authority - in the case of widows of soldiers who were forced to work.

An application for a lump sum energy allowance can be submitted at any time

- informs the Social Insurance Institution.

When you receive more than one benefit from ZUS, you are entitled to one energy lump sum.

The amount of the energy lump sum is announced in a press release by the Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression by February 7th each year. The announcement is published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland, "Monitor Polski." The new amount of the energy lump sum is effective March 1st of the current year.

From March 1, 2025, the monthly amount of the energy lump sum is PLN 312.71 and is paid together with the pension or disability pension .

The lump sum is paid together with the pension or disability pension.

Its granting does not depend on the amount of income - there is no property criterion.

This means that anyone who meets the statutory requirements can receive the full benefit amount, regardless of their financial situation or the amount of benefits received from ZUS or KRUS . The lump sum is also not taxable.

The energy lump sum is payable under Article 20, paragraph 2, point 3 of the Act on Veterans and Certain Persons Who Are Victims of War and Post-War Repression.