For each request, the amount invested, the amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operator, before benefiting from the support schemes put in place by the State, compared to the same consumption period in the previous year. If the amount corresponding to the same consumption period in the previous year was calculated on the basis of a tariff lower than the “blue” tariff provided for in article R. 337-18 of the Energy Code, the additional cost is assessed in relation to an amount recalculated on the basis of this tariff.
In addition, the cumulative amount of the sums allocated in application of the provisions of this Title and the benefit received by the operator under the support schemes put in place by the State to help offset the same expenses may not exceed 65% of this additional cost.