Sentences with phrase «income household energy bills»

* Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) ~ $ 5M / year to specifically reduce low - income household energy bills through improved efficiency, ~ $ 5M / year to help commercial buildings with energy efficiency.

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These programs are particularly beneficial to low - income households, which spend a higher percentage of their income on energy bills.

The scheme, which provides grants for heating and insulation improvements for low - income households, will be replaced by a new scheme funded by a levy on energy bills — adding to the burden of rising energy bills for those least able to afford them.

This federally funded program helps low - income households with their energy bills.

There is ample evidence in the UK of increasing fuel poverty (i.e., household spending over 10 % of disposable income keeping warm in winter) in the regions of wind farm deployment where higher electricity bills are needed to cover the rent of the land (from usually already rich) landowners, a direct reversal of the process whereby cheap energy over the last century has lifted a significant fraction of the world's poor from their poverty.

Already, REV has driven 730 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and other clean tech sectors.

Fourth: I suggest that the principle of limiting low - income households» energy bills to a percentage of income be adopted early in the proceeding (6 percent was adopted in the NY REV process); this will open the entire process to a wider array of reforms for everyone because the issue of preventing harm to low - income households will have been addressed integrally and early.

Similarly, any energy bill savings earned by households through the community solar farm are not considered income.

Some low - income households would notice benefits through utility programs to reduce «energy burden» (like weatherization or bill assistance) and public investments (like new transit) that occur within their community.

These programs are particularly beneficial to low - income households, which spend a higher percentage of their income on energy bills.

It is a recipe for healthy prosperity that will save Marylanders between $ 1.3 billion and $ 7.3 billion a year (2011 dollars) in energy costs in 2050, even after making provisions for (i) assistance for low income households to pay no more than 6 percent of income on energy bills, (ii) proactive investments in communities now dependent on fossil - fuel - related jobs, and (iii) new job creation in underserved areas.

Already, REV has driven a nearly 800 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, installation and other clean - tech sectors.

The average U.S. household saw its disposable income rise $ 1,337 in 2015 because of lower utility bills and other energy - related cost savings, thanks to natural gas produced from shale with hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

The report states: «The government is also under pressure to curb rising energy bills with 2.3 million of Britain's 27 million households deemed fuel poor, meaning the cost of heating their homes leaves them with income below the poverty line.»

«Many households are paying around 50 % of their income on rent, leaving them unable to pay for basics like food and electricity... People are choosing between feeding themselves or their children; paying an energy bill or covering the cost of dental care.»

We help fund a diverse range of initiatives, including supporting studies in entrepreneurship and real estate, encouraging conversations about ground water, enhancing prairie wildlife habitat and helping low income households pay energy utility bills.

The rationale: Owners of homes that reduce energy consumption pay lower utility bills than owners of energy guzzlers, so why not factor these out - of - pocket savings into calculations of household debt - to - income ratios and appraised valuations?