E-Lar appliance vouchers: is it open, who can apply?
Closed: the first E-Lar call stopped taking applications once its 30 million euro budget ran out, after about 40,000 applications in six days. It gave vouchers to adults with an electricity contract to swap gas appliances for electric ones.
- Status on 5 November 2026
- Submission period ended when the budget ran out, as stated on the official page dated 5 October 2025
- Opened
- 30 September 2025
- Who could apply
- Adults with an electricity supply contract: people in homes renovated under the Bairros Mais Sustentáveis call, people on the electricity social tariff (TSEE), and other individuals
- Budget
- 30 million euros
- Equipment
- Induction or conventional hobs, hob and oven sets, electric ovens, electric water heaters, class A or better where applicable
- How it works
- The voucher is activated in a shop within 60 days; qualified suppliers deliver, install and remove the old gas appliance within 90 working days, by 31 May 2026
- Where
- Mainland Portugal
- Official page
- fundoambiental.pt/apoios-prr/c13-eficiencia-energetica-em...
- Sources
- fundoambiental.pt/apoios-prr/c13-eficiencia-energetica-em...
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
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