Getting the measure of fuel poverty: final report of the Fuel Poverty Review

摘要: The review confirms that fuel poverty is a serious national problem and shows it set to rise rapidly. It affects people with low incomes energy costs above typical levels. proposes new way of measuring the problem, focused both on number affected severity they face. Using proposed measure: Nearly 8 million in England, within 2.7 households, had faced high 2009 (the most recent year available data). These households keep warm added up £1.1 billion more than middle or higher income costs. review’s central projection this “fuel gap” – already three-quarters 2003 will by further half, £1.7 2016. This means poor face nearly £600 average better-off report also argues that: Fuel exacerbates other hardship those incomes, has health effects (including contributing extra deaths every winter), acts as block efforts cut carbon emissions. current official it, based whether household would need spend 10 per cent its energy, flawed, giving misleading impression trends, excluding some at times including others. Interventions targeted core especially improve efficiency homes lived can make substantial difference, but impact planned be place 2016 only reduce tenth.