The persistence of high energy burdens: A bibliometric analysis of vulnerability, poverty, and exclusion in the United States

Brown, Marilyn A.; Soni, Anmol; Doshi, Ameet; King, Charlotte L.

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101756

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“…Other countries, such as the United States, have seen their already very high energy bills worsen [56], and they are more pronounced for black or Hispanic families, those with young children, chronic diseases, or living in inefficient houses [57].…”

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Behavior Patterns, Energy Consumption and Comfort during COVID-19 Lockdown Related to Home Features, Socioeconomic Factors and Energy Poverty in Madrid

2021

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During spring 2020, the world was shocked at the imminent global spread of SARS-CoV-2, resorting to measures such as domestic confinement. This meant the reconfiguration of life in an unusual space; the home. However, not all households experienced it in the same way; many of them were vulnerable. A general increase in energy consumption and discomfort in many cases, led these families to suffer the ravages of confinement. This study analyzes the energy and comfort situation for the Madrid (Spain) population, according to the configuration of the homes, the characteristics of the dwellings, the vulnerability index by district, and energy poverty (measured with the 10% threshold of energy expenditure of home incomes). The results show a greater exposure, in confinement, of vulnerable and energy-poor households to scenarios of discomfort in the home, to which they could not respond, while energy consumption inevitably increased. Driven by need, energy-poor homes applied certain saving strategies, mainly resorting to thermal adaptation with clothing. This study shows the risk these households experienced in the face of an extreme situation, and invites reflection on preventive and containment measures that aim to avoid harming the disadvantaged in the future; harm that would also entail serious consequences on the health of their cohabitants.

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Section: Literature Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavior Patterns, Energy Consumption and Comfort during COVID-19 Lockdown Related to Home Features, Socioeconomic Factors and Energy Poverty in Madrid

2021

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“…The inequities of the power system are usually manifested in two ways: the lack of access to the energy transition technology opportunities and the inequitable distribution of benefits [9][10][11]. The first inequity relates to the expensive capital cost of the new technologies [12,13] and the underlying affordability implications in the cost of energy when utility rates shift to lower-income ratepayers [14]. If these technologies-DER, transmission development, RE, digitization-are not available equitably to everyone, the inequities of these burdens will be disproportionate on those that cannot afford to transition.…”

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“…According to the EIA, in 2015, 17 million households faced an energy disconnection notice [31]. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, households have faced substantial energy burdens that can increase their vulnerabilities to the virus, psychological fatigue, and the potential loss of electricity due to non-payment as utility shutoff moratoriums come to an end [14,32].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Renters, who do not control rooftops, and multifamily environments where electricity costs are typically not paid by property owners, create split incentive challenges for efficiency and rooftop solar installations. In contrast, rooftop solar has been available for over a decade for those who can afford the system and those with owner-occupied single-family housing [14].…”

Section: Tenet 1 Distributive Justicementioning

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Energy Storage as an Equity Asset

Tarekegne

O’Neil

Twitchell

2021

Curr Sustainable Renewable Energy Rep

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Purpose of Review This review offers a discussion on how energy storage deployment advances equitable outcomes for the power system. It catalogues the four tenets of the energy justice concept—distributive, recognition, procedural, and restorative—and shows how they relate to inequities in energy affordability, availability, due process, sustainability, and responsibility. Recent Findings Energy storage systems have been deployed to support grid reliability and renewable resource integration, but there is additional emerging value in considering the connections between energy storage applications and equity challenges in the power system. Through a thorough review of the energy justice and energy transitions literature, this paper offers the equity dimensions of storage project design and implementations. Summary Emerging energy programs and projects are utilizing energy storage in pursuit of improved equity outcomes. Future research and policy design should integrate energy justice principles to align storage penetration with desired equity outcomes.

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“…Prior research underscores the important relationship between wealth (to which energy burden is linked)—or lack thereof—and health [ 8 , 9 , 10 ]. A growing body of research suggests that access to affordable household energy is essential for maintaining good health [ 11 , 12 ]. However, energy poverty (that is, insufficient wealth to provide adequate access to energy) is a distinct challenge that threatens a household’s ability to adequately maintain those energy services.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Exploring the Nexus of Energy Burden, Social Capital, and Environmental Quality in Shaping Health in US Counties

Reames

Daley

Pierce

2021

IJERPH

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The United States spends more on health care than any other OECD country, yet the nation’s health is declining. Recent research has identified multiple sources for this decline, including one’s position in social and economic structures, environmental quality, and individual and collective social capital. This paper assesses the primary hypotheses that the health effects of household energy burden, social capital and environmental quality on aggregated community health levels remain while controlling for other determinants. The analysis moves beyond prior research by integrating multiple secondary data sources to assess those effects across US counties. Three indicators of public health are analyzed (premature mortality, self-reported health, and life expectancy). The county-level energy burden is measured by the percent of household income spent on housing energy bills for low- and moderate-income households. In addition to energy burden, social capital, environmental quality and other determinants are included in the analysis. The results produced by multivariate regression models support the primary hypotheses, even while a number of control variables also have a significant effect on health. The paper concludes that public health is associated with a complex nexus of factors, including environmental quality and social capital, and that energy burden needs to be among the considerations.

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The persistence of high energy burdens: A bibliometric analysis of vulnerability, poverty, and exclusion in the United States

Cited by 53 publications

References 23 publications

Behavior Patterns, Energy Consumption and Comfort during COVID-19 Lockdown Related to Home Features, Socioeconomic Factors and Energy Poverty in Madrid

Behavior Patterns, Energy Consumption and Comfort during COVID-19 Lockdown Related to Home Features, Socioeconomic Factors and Energy Poverty in Madrid

Energy Storage as an Equity Asset

Exploring the Nexus of Energy Burden, Social Capital, and Environmental Quality in Shaping Health in US Counties

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