fuel poverty
Unaffordable heating bills
Fuel poverty is the condition of being unable to afford adequate heating or energy for one's home.
A household in fuel poverty must choose between staying warm and meeting other basic needs like food or medicine.
The term appears primarily in British policy discussions: Government programs aim to reduce fuel poverty among pensioners.
American usage prefers "energy poverty" or "energy insecurity."
- energy auditsAssessments of building power use
- weatherizationSealing a building's envelope
- energy conservationUnchanging total in closed systems
- thermal energyMolecular kinetic activity
- vulnerable populationsGroups disproportionately susceptible to harm
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Assured access to fuel
energy independence · disposable income · financial security
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