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Greenlink research shows that over 45 million American households experience high energy burdens today.
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Research from Greenlink and others has demonstrated that high energy bills often lead to and reinforce poverty, as well as housing, health, and food insecurity
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Affordability concerns are most acute in minority and low-income communities
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Assistance tends to focus on band-aids like bill assistance instead of root causes like poor housing quality and inefficient appliances
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Climate change will exacerbate these concerns
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Reduced energy system resilience to shocks like stronger storms and heat waves
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Higher energy consumption to maintain health and wellness through stressors like higher temperatures
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If current trends hold, we project that 47 million households will be in energy burden by 2031.
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Annual Reduction Targets (relative to baseline): 2026: 300,000. 2027: 600,000. 2028: 900,000. 2029: 1.3 million. 2030: 2 million.