What is ‘energy poverty’—and why does it keep getting so much worse?
Fast Company
A new MITEI-funded study found that a disproportionate number of people in the southern United States experience energy poverty—when over 6% of a household’s income is spent on energy. “As the climate warms, we’re going to need to use more and more energy on air-conditioning, and that’s going to increase the burden on low-income households,” states co-author Christopher Knittel (MIT Sloan).
