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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.003 |
The drivers of energy-related financial hardship in Australia - understanding the role of income, consumption and housing | |
Nelson, Tim1,2; McCracken-Hewson, Eleanor1; Sundstrom, Gabby1; Hawthorne, Marianne1 | |
2019 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 124页码:262-271 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
英文摘要 | Saunders and Bedford (2017) demonstrated that income levels are inadequate for some Australian households to maintain a basic standard of living. Analysing utility bills can extend this consideration of income adequacy issues given the essential nature of services such as electricity, telephony and water. This article builds on the work presented by Simshauser and Nelson (2014) about key demographic cohorts in Australia that have a high incidence of energy-related financial hardship. Our analysis indicates that energy related financial hardship is likely to be related to a combination of the following: family formation demographics; low-income (often reliant upon government income support); higher household size; and higher than average consumption. Our policy recommendations are relatively straightforward: development of tools to allow easier 'shopping around' by energy customers; cessation of credit-checking by energy retailers as a means of restricting access to energy offers; reform of state-based concessions frameworks; a lifting of income support for some key cohorts (e.g. unemployed); improvements to energy-efficiency standards; and amendments to tenancy laws to overcome potential principal-agent issues associated with uptake of new energy products and services such as embedded solar PV and battery storage. |
英文关键词 | Energy Inequality Income adequacy |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000453642600022 |
WOS关键词 | INEQUALITY ; EFFICIENCY ; POVERTY ; HOUSEHOLDS |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/19170 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.AGL Energy Ltd, Level 23,200 George St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia; 2.Griffith Univ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nelson, Tim,McCracken-Hewson, Eleanor,Sundstrom, Gabby,et al. The drivers of energy-related financial hardship in Australia - understanding the role of income, consumption and housing[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,124:262-271. |
APA | Nelson, Tim,McCracken-Hewson, Eleanor,Sundstrom, Gabby,&Hawthorne, Marianne.(2019).The drivers of energy-related financial hardship in Australia - understanding the role of income, consumption and housing.ENERGY POLICY,124,262-271. |
MLA | Nelson, Tim,et al."The drivers of energy-related financial hardship in Australia - understanding the role of income, consumption and housing".ENERGY POLICY 124(2019):262-271. |
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