Energy Affordability provides an indication of energy burden which is the percentage of household income spent on energy bills that generally defines as the share the energy utilities costs of a household's income. The primary effect of energy unaffordability is a home that does not supply basic comfort. Energy efficiency can offer a long-term solution to high energy burdens that helps households reduce their energy usage with measures such as heating and cooling system upgrades, insulation, efficient appliances, and behavior change.
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Energy Affordability: The Issue Everyone Is Ignoring (Source: Oil Price on 4 April 2020): By Irina Slav - The U.S.-EU deal for the import of an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas this year made headlines earlier this month, with both sides praising their own political prowess and quick action. What nobody talked about was how much this LNG would cost. Meanwhile, another piece of news that grabbed headlines was the House hearing of half a dozen U.S. and international oil executives on allegations of price-gouging and not helping regular Americans "to relieve pain at the pump, instead lining their pockets with one hand while sitting on the other," according to two legislators. These two events are indicative of something that no politician in power would want to admit openly but is nevertheless happening: the cost of living in Europe and the United States is rising. And the root cause of this is not the war in Ukraine. It's high energy costs. ...
