This factsheet provides an update to our 2020 report How High Are Household Energy Burdens? An Assessment of National and Metropolitan Energy Burdens across the U.S. Our new limited data updat…
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This factsheet provides an update to our 2020 report How High Are Household Energy Burdens? An Assessment of National and Metropolitan Energy Burdens across the U.S. Our new limited data update analyzes how energy burdens – the percentage of household income spent on energy bills – vary across a selection of highly impacted groups in 36 metropolitan areas in the United States. Findings demonstrate that high energy burdens are a persistent challenge across all metro areas. In addition, we found that 25% of low-income renters and homeowners had disproportionally higher energy burdens than the average household.
ACEEE’s previous energy burden research includes reports from 2020, 2018, and 2016.
The commonwealth spends almost $11 billion a year buying energy from out of state. Mass Save lowers bills and keeps money at home.
Utility energy efficiency programs have increased investment in low-income households, but significant gaps remain. This report examines spending and savings trends across 48 major U.S. utilities, identifies barriers to expanding low-income programs and highlights policies and program strategies that can improve energy affordability and equitable access to efficiency upgrades.
The United States faces interlocking energy challenges: rising home energy bills and gasoline prices; new demand for electricity from data centers and other loads; high greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.
Now, a new era of energy efficiency progress in our buildings, transportation, and industry is needed to meet this moment. This wide-ranging study finds a massive opportunity.
The BUILD America 250 Act, advanced by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, would eliminate or weaken many programs that help lower transportation …
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