Let’s Make Eliminating Energy Poverty a National Priority
Energy poverty — when households spend a high portion of their incomes on energy bills or can’t access services like warmth or cooling — affects more than two million households.
Climate and Affordability in Budget 2024
The next budget could demonstrate to all Canadians that climate action has the ability to enhance affordability by creating a Home Energy Affordability Assistance Program for low-to-moderate-income Canadians. Authored by Abhilash Kantamneni and Brendan Haley.
Debunking the Alberta energy war room on energy poverty
This blog responds to a Canada Energy Centre brief blaming sustainable energy for energy poverty.
A national energy poverty strategy for Canada?
Canada needs a national strategy on reducing energy poverty. The federal government can play a leadership role by expanding the scale and scope of low-income energy efficiency. Here’s what we can learn from national initiatives in other jurisdictions.
Energy efficiency programs can change the energy poverty conversation
Energy poverty is frequently blamed on carbon pricing and renewable energy transitions in the media, while the academic literature presents a more diverse picture that also includes the proliferation of inefficient buildings, rising income inequality and a lack of grid access as contributors