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Accepted Paper:
Double energy vulnerability in the United Kingdom: revealing the intersections of everyday lived experiences of energy and transport poverty
Gerardo Alonso Torres Contreras
(University of Sussex)
Mari Martiskainen
(University of Sussex)
Kirsten Jenkins
(University of Edinburgh)
Debbie Hopkins
(University of Oxford)
Paper short abstract:
In what has been referred to as 'double energy vulnerability', a household simultaneously faces both energy poverty and transport poverty. This can result in trade-offs, prioritising one essential need over the other and inter- and intra-household differences.
Paper long abstract:
Everyday experiences of poverty are made visible through a variety of essential domains and sectors where poverty is acutely felt. It is increasingly recognised that there are important overlaps between these dimensions. In what has been referred to as 'double energy vulnerability', a household faces both energy poverty and transport poverty simultaneously. This can result in trade-offs, decisions about prioritising one essential need to ensure another is possible (e.g., transport overheating, or vice versa). Such decisions are not easily made, and they can have distinct spatio-temporal characteristics as these decisions can vary between space and time and across different household members, and result in stark inter- as well as intra-household differences. People with socio-demographic and contextual vulnerabilities are particularly at risk of double energy vulnerability. Based on 59 household interviews across the four nations of the United Kingdom, we provide new empirical evidence on the lived experiences of double energy vulnerability. We show that agency (or the lack thereof), negotiating and prioritising between energy and transport, and missing out on leisure or enjoyable activities, are ways in which people manage and are impacted by double energy vulnerability. We also provide recommendations for policy and practitioners in how this double precarity could be recognised and addressed.
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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
Everyday experiences of poverty are made visible through a variety of essential domains and sectors where poverty is acutely felt. It is increasingly recognised that there are important overlaps between these dimensions. In what has been referred to as 'double energy vulnerability', a household faces both energy poverty and transport poverty simultaneously. This can result in trade-offs, decisions about prioritising one essential need to ensure another is possible (e.g., transport overheating, or vice versa). Such decisions are not easily made, and they can have distinct spatio-temporal characteristics as these decisions can vary between space and time and across different household members, and result in stark inter- as well as intra-household differences. People with socio-demographic and contextual vulnerabilities are particularly at risk of double energy vulnerability. Based on 59 household interviews across the four nations of the United Kingdom, we provide new empirical evidence on the lived experiences of double energy vulnerability. We show that agency (or the lack thereof), negotiating and prioritising between energy and transport, and missing out on leisure or enjoyable activities, are ways in which people manage and are impacted by double energy vulnerability. We also provide recommendations for policy and practitioners in how this double precarity could be recognised and addressed.
Understanding the lived experiences of energy poverty in the Global North and South
Session 1 Thursday 7 July, 2022, -