Policies and Measures against Fuel Poverty. Who gets it?

Authors

  • Esther Raya Diez Universidad de La Rioja
  • Melchor Gómez Pérez University of the Basque Country
Keywords: Human Rights, Social Policy, vulnerable customer, energy efficiency, renewable energy

Abstract

Energy poverty is one of the many faces of poverty. Not always visible and not sufficiently known. Data from the Economic and Social Council are sufficiently strong to say that this kind of poverty now affects 54 million people in the European Union. Spain is the fourth EU country with more people in such situations, in 2012 it is estimated amounting to 7 million. And the World Health Organization warns of health risks thereof, among which premature deaths included or mental health problems among others.
In this paper different policy measures aimed at reducing fuel poverty are proposed. On the one hand informational measures they are presented, on the other hand financing measures to investment in final solutions that allow address the problem in the medium and long term. its scope is valued from the perspective of human rights.

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Author Biographies

Esther Raya Diez, Universidad de La Rioja

Departamento de Derecho, área de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales. Universidad de La Rioja, 26004 Logroño

Melchor Gómez Pérez, University of the Basque Country

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, E.U. de Ingeniería de Vitoria-Gazteiz. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Campus de Álava. 01006 Vitoria-Gazteiz.

Published
01-11-2017
How to Cite
Raya Diez, E., & Gómez Pérez, M. (2017). Policies and Measures against Fuel Poverty. Who gets it?. Areas. International Social Science Journal, (36), 153–165. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/areas/article/view/308161
Issue
No. 36 (2017): Estado del bienestar, trabajo y procesos de exclusión social
Section
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