Energy affordability and energy inequality in Europe: Implications for policymaking

Dubois, Ute; Meier, Helena

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“…The few exceptions are Darby's (2012) study on the impact of EU metering policy upon fuel-poor households, critique of EU energy poverty policies, Bouzarovski and Petrova's (2015b) exploration of EU energy poverty work in the context of EU agenda-setting, Hiteva's (2013) examination of renewables policy and its implications for energy vulnerability as well as Thomson, Snell and Liddell's (2016) discussion of definitional issues surrounding energy poverty in the EU. Also of relevance is Dubois and Meier's (2016) work on how energy poverty patterns in Europe are of relevance for policymaking processes.…”

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Energy Poverty

Bouzarovski

2018

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Energy Poverty

Bouzarovski

2018

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“…Data for the analysis were obtained from Insight_E for 2015, Weekly Oil Bulletin, Eurostat ‐ Energy statistics and Eurostat EU‐SILC survey, and Pvsites Consortium for all 28 EU member states (Table ). To measure energy poverty, we applied a consensual approach (Dubois & Meier, ; Maxim et al, ; Thomson & Snell, ) where the energy‐poverty index (Bouzarovski & Tirado Herrero, ; Thomson & Snell, ) consists of three proxy measures: share of the population unable to keep the home adequately warm, share of the population with arrears on utility bills, and share of the population living in a dwelling with a leaking roof, damp walls, floors or foundations, or rot in the window frames or floor. Following Maxim et al (), the energy‐poverty index is constructed by assigning weights of 0.5 to the first measure and of 0.25 to the other two measures.…”

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“…Electricity and gas markets are liberalised in most EU member states. Energy prices have so far been rising, largely due to higher demand and the deployment of renewable energies (Dubois & Meier, ; World Bank, 2017). As Bollino and Botti () highlighted, the impact of domestic energy prices on energy poverty may vary significantly in magnitude and direction.…”

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“…Energy/fuel poverty, an energy‐related aspect of poverty, has only become a more pressing issue for Europe in the last decade (Dubois & Meier, ). It is now broadly agreed that the related microlevel and macrolevel factors and dynamics of energy poverty must be examined due to their importance for setting ambitious national and international climate and social policies (Bouzarovski, ; Bouzarovski & Tirado Herrero, ; Thomson & Snell, ).…”

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Energy poverty: A macrolevel perspective

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Slabe‐Erker

Majcen

2019

Sustainable Development

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The growing unpredictability of energy poverty requires a different policy approach. Yet studies focus on the microlevel drivers, leaving the roles of macroeconomic perspective and climate understudied. Studying the latter is important though, because well‐planned policies can fail if the causes of energy poverty and their interrelations remain unclear. This research submits data collected from 28 EU member states to fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis and offers new evidence concerning the relationship between energy poverty and macrolevel drivers. Our results suggest that states with a mild climate, low or average GDP, and high energy prices have high levels of energy poverty. Likewise, states located in colder climates with low or average GDP, the energy‐policy focus, and nonhigh energy prices tend to be energy poor. Moreover, the results show that two configurations lead to absence of energy poverty. To develop and implement effective policies, it is vital to understand these configurations.

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“…The few exceptions are Darby's (2012) study on the impact of EU metering policy upon fuel-poor households, Bouzarovski, Petrova and Sarlamanov's (2012) critique of EU energy poverty policies, Bouzarovski and Petrova's (2015b) exploration of EU energy poverty work in the context of EU agenda-setting, Hiteva's (2013) examination of renewables policy and its implications for energy vulnerability as well as Thomson, Snell and Liddell's (2016) discussion of definitional issues surrounding energy poverty in the EU. Also of relevance is Dubois and Meier's (2016) work on how energy poverty patterns in Europe are of relevance for policymaking processes.…”

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Energy Poverty Policies at the EU Level

Bouzarovski

2017

Energy Poverty

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This chapter explores the historical evolution and present content of a common European Union (EU) energy poverty agenda. It identifies the principal institutional and political drivers of this process, as well as the ways in which it has been translated into formal legal and policy documents. Also discussed are the key actors involved in promoting energy poverty-relevant policies, as well as recent trends in the development of a more coherent programme to address the difficulties faced by vulnerable groups. The chapter argues that EU energy poverty policy has been limited by the subsidiarity principle, and as such has been largely shaped by instruments related to the Single Market, even if energy efficiency and social policy-related efforts have also played a role.

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Energy affordability and energy inequality in Europe: Implications for policymaking

Cited by 105 publications

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