Fuel poverty threatens more and more French Between 4 and 5 million French people could no longer remain in their home energy costs. Face to the extent of the Department of Ecology will launch a national observatory of fuel poverty ...
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price increase energy, more and more French people are sinking into the dark side and cold. Some 3.4 million households are living in "fuel poverty", that is to say they spend more than 10% of their income to the budget "energy housing, and they have difficulty pay their bills. But Marie Moisan, project officer "fuel poverty" in CLER stresses that these figures "do not take into account those who can not pay, and does get hot at all." Should reassess this figure to around "4 or 5 million households affected. "
"Reducing household energy bills itself as a modest major concern for governments' said in a statement the Department of Ecology, which will install Tuesday 1 st March the first national observatory of fuel poverty with Departments of Energy and Housing. The aim is precisely to "measure the phenomenon, identify the causes, consequences and find solutions." We will launch a tender to retain a team whose mission is to provide us with data before the end of the year, "says Didier Cherel, with responsibility for fuel poverty to ADEME. "We also reserve the right to clarify the definition of precarious energy."
The upper middle classes affected
And it is urgent. Thierry Philip, the Socialist Mayor of the 3rd district of Lyon, surveyed in this campaign period for the cantonal streets of his stronghold. "Every night, over a hundred door to door, I met about five households FLASHING over their TV, and prefer to save the light because they can pay more "ensures elected. These are mainly retired people, single women, and unemployed. "Marie Moisan she calculated that" each increase of 20% of energy prices dropped 10% of the population most in fuel poverty " . This insecurity is concerned that the far lower-middle class (between 1,120 euros and 1,750 euros per person monthly income before taxes). "It now affects the upper middle classes (between 1,750 euros and 2,600 euros in revenues)," observed the project leader.
To cope with this phenomenon, several aids have been implemented. Of "social tariffs of energy" were created by EDF and GDF. EDF has also established a "minimum level" of electricity supply, which allows even those who can no longer afford to continue to connect the minimum necessary, as the refrigerator.
It remains nevertheless about 15,000 power outages annually. Finally, there is a housing solidarity fund, whose "energy" component, funded 80% by local and 20% by EDF, includes approximately $ 100 million per year. But for many experts, the real issue is energy renovation of housing stock French. The National Observatory of fuel poverty has in any case of bread on planche.50% of energy is lost during transport and 20% by deficiencies in insulation. So everything remains to be done.
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