Energy Poverty (Re)Invented? Concept and Regulatory Gaps in the EU Amidst the Decarbonisation Process

2022 ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
M. Kottari ◽  
M. Cornelis
Keyword(s):  
Energy Poverty ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Expenditure-Based Indicators of Energy Poverty—An Analysis of Income and Expenditure Elasticities

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Johannes Thema ◽  
Florin Vondung
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Micro Data ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Union Policy ◽  
Depth Sensitivity ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
Poverty Indicators ◽  
Specific Country ◽  
The Eu

Energy poverty is high up on national and European Union policy agendas. A number of possible indicators to measure the issue have been identified in the literature, but comparable data with European coverage is scarce. The EU Commission thus proposes four independent indicators on the “EU Energy Poverty Observatory” based on self-reported items from the pan-European surveys on income and living conditions (SILC) and household budgets (HBS). It is of increasing public interest to analyse social impacts of energy policies, and quantify energy poverty indicators also from modelling. This paper first shortly outlines how the expenditure-based indicators using HBS micro data may be directly linked to existing macroeconomic models through their defining variables (energy expenditure and income). As endogenous modelling based on micro data is difficult, the link may be country-specific elasticities. The main contribution of the paper is a systematic in-depth sensitivity analysis of the two indicators to changes in income and energy expenditure following varying patterns in the underlying distributions of the micro data. The results may be used by future soft links to models. The results display sometimes counterintuitive effects. We find that whether these indicators increase/decrease after a change of income or energy expenditure largely depends on the specific country-wise income and energy expenditure distribution between households on a micro-level. Due to their definition, the examined indicators are especially sensitive, when income changes alter the indicator threshold values, which in these cases are the median values in underlying distributions. We discuss these findings and relate them to several indicator shortcomings and potential remedies through changes in indicator definition.

scholarly journals Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 858
Author(s):  
Stefan Bouzarovski ◽  
Harriet Thomson ◽  
Marine Cornelis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
The Eu

This paper scrutinizes existing policy efforts to address energy poverty at the governance scale of the European Union (EU) and its constituent Member States. Our main starting point is the recent expansion of energy poverty policies at the EU level, fuelled by the regulatory provisions of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package, as well as the establishment of an EU Energy Poverty Observatory. Aided by a systematic and customized methodology, we survey the extensive scientific body of work that has recently been published on the topic, as well as the multiple strategies and measures to address energy poverty that have been formulated across the EU. This includes the principal mitigation approaches adopted by key European and national institutions. We develop a framework to judge the distributional and procedural justice provisions within the recently adopted National Energy and Climate Plans, as an indicator of the power, ability and resolve of relevant institutions to combat the causes and consequences of energy injustice. We also provide a research and policy agenda for future action, highlighting a series of scientific and decision-making challenges in the European and global context.

scholarly journals A Review: The Energy Poverty Issue in the European Union and Latvia

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Zalostiba ◽  
D. Kiselovs
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Energy poverty is a growing concern in the European Union. Following energy market liberalization, the problem of energy affordability has entered the political discussion, making it necessary to estimate its dimensions, develop and implement a policy and means for its mitigation. To evaluate the situation in Latvia, the paper reviews the way energy poverty is currently defined and measured, investigating the advantages and shortcomings of various definitions and approaches. It then provides a brief analysis of energy poverty in three char-acterising dimensions: low income, high costs of energy services and unsatisfactory housing conditions (primarily related to energy efficiency aspects), using available statistical data. The characterising indicators of energy poverty are compared with the EU average values. Finally, this paper highlights individual policy measures for diminishing energy poverty.

scholarly journals Future Design Approaches for Energy Poverty: Users Profiling and Services for No-Vulnerable Condition

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Boeri ◽  
Valentina Gianfrate ◽  
Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger ◽  
Martina Massari
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Future Design ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

Analyzing data from the Energy Poverty Observatory in Europe, it emerges that more than 50 million households in the EU live in energy poverty (people that cannot heat their homes during winter; cannot make their homes comfortable during the summer; pay their energy bills late). Research studies realized in the last 20 years highlight that making energy demand efficient and effective is the more significant and socially important the more it is able to involve users who are unable to sustain energy demand. The evolution of the research sees a narrowing of the field of investigation by focusing on the user dimension of energy poverty, stressing the role of citizens not only as consumer but also as producers of solutions to tackle energy poverty, real energy communities of agents. The paper aims to provide a systematic literature review highlighting the major findings of the topic, investigating the relationship between spatial and social issues, and looking at the state of energy poverty by addressing the profiling of users and consequently of services useful to overcome their current vulnerable condition. The paper is structured in two core sections. The first one gives the results of a systematic literature review on the energy/fuel poverty topic, the second one deepens the role of communities and individuals need, crucial in defining new design approaches for supportive solutions to tackle energy poverty.

Addressing Energy Poverty and Vulnerable Consumers in the Energy Sector Across the EU

2015 ◽  
Vol 378 (4) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Pye ◽  
Audrey Dobbins ◽  
Claire Baffert ◽  
Jurica Brajković ◽  
Paul Deane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Sector ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Vulnerable Consumers ◽  
The Eu

Energy Poverty Across the EU

2017 ◽  
pp. 261-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Pye ◽  
Audrey Dobbins ◽  
Claire Baffert ◽  
Jurica Brajković ◽  
Paul Deane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Poverty ◽  
The Eu

Inability to adequately heat a dwelling in the European Union and associated countries’ households

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 49-65
Author(s):  
Kornelia Przedworska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Pearson Correlation Coefficient ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Average Income ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of the study presented in the article is to determine the level of energy poverty in households of the European Union (EU) and associated countries, pronounced on the basis of the household's inability to supply its dwellings with adequate heat levels. The method of systematic literature review was applied. An analysis based on Statistics Poland and Eurostat data included the results of the EU-SILC research conducted in the years 2009-2018. The analysis indicated that the average number of households unable to sufficiently heat their homes is decreasing in Europe. However, in some countries, such as Macedonia, Lithuania or Bulgaria, the number of households experiencing energy poverty is still high. In Poland, the scale of this problem is smaller than the EU average. In order to conduct an in-depth analysis for Poland, an assessment was made of the correlation between the energy poverty rate and the average income per person in a household and the level of economic poverty. For this purpose the r-Pearson correlation coefficient was applied.

scholarly journals Energy Poverty Policies at the EU Level

2017 ◽  
pp. 41-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Bouzarovski
Keyword(s):  
Energy Poverty ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Energy Poverty and Protection of Vulnerable Consumers. Overview of the EU Funding Programs FP7 and H2020 and Future Trends in Horizon Europe

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danila Longo ◽  
Giulia Olivieri ◽  
Rossella Roversi ◽  
Giulia Turci ◽  
Beatrice Turillazzi
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Residential Energy Efficiency ◽  
The Eu

Energy poverty—involving a combination of factors, such as low household incomes, high energy prices, and low levels of residential energy efficiency—is identified as a complex and increasing issue affecting people’s physical health, well-being, and social inclusion. Even though a shared identification of energy poverty is not yet agreed, this phenomenon has been recognized as an EU priority. Several EU legislative documents address the topic, trying to outline its boundaries and provide a framework for mitigative actions. At the same time, different research and demonstration projects have been funded to experiment and evaluate innovative approaches, strategies, and solutions and to promote good practices at national, regional, and local levels. This review paper presents some results of the “ZOOM” project (“Energy zoning for urban systems. Models and relations for the built environment”, funded by University of Bologna in the framework of Alma Idea 2017–ongoing), proposing a critical overview of the EU projects directly or indirectly connected to energy poverty—funded under the 7th Framework Program (FP7) and under Horizon 2020 Program (H2020). The aim of such a review is to highlight the main objectives, trends, and related topics of ongoing and concluded projects addressing energy poverty, in order to identify gaps and open issues and to understand the possible orientation and placement of this subject in the future EU research and innovation framework project, Horizon Europe.

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