全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Fuel poverty, excess winter deaths, and energy costs in Vermont: burdensome for whom?

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来源类型	Article
规范类型	其他
DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2015.12.009
ISBN	0301-4215
	Fuel poverty, excess winter deaths, and energy costs in Vermont: burdensome for whom?
	Teller-Elsberg, Jonathan; Sovacool, Benjamin; Smith, Taylor; Laine, Emily
发表日期	2016-03
出处	Energy Policy
出版者	Elsevier
出版年	2016
页码	81-91
语种	英语
摘要	Energy, whether from electricity, natural gas, heating oil, propane, kerosene, or wood, is essential for the well-being of many Americans, yet those who spend more than 10 percent of their income of energy services can be considered “fuel poor.” This study assesses the extent and severity of fuel poverty in Vermont. It analyzes energy burdens in Vermont by household income deciles, using data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Approximately 71,000 people suffered from fuel poverty in Vermont in 2000, and in 2012 the number rose to 125,000, or one in five Vermonters. Startlingly, fuel poverty grew 76 percent during this period. Excess winter deaths, caused potentially by fuel poverty, kill more Vermonters each year than car crashes. The article then provides 12 policy recommendations based on a small sample of elite semi-structured research interviews. These include suggestions that the Vermont legislature better fund investments in weatherization among low-income households; that community groups and social service agencies scale up the training of energy efficiency coaches; that state agencies endorse improvements in housing efficiency and appropriate fuel switching; and that utilities and fuel providers offer extra assistance for disconnected households and allow for on-bill financing of efficiency improvements.
URL	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/59166/
来源智库	Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/468668
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Teller-Elsberg, Jonathan,Sovacool, Benjamin,Smith, Taylor,et al. Fuel poverty, excess winter deaths, and energy costs in Vermont: burdensome for whom?. 2016.