COVID-19 effect on energy poverty: Lithuanian case study

Daliea Streimikiene

doi:10.14254/1800-5845/2022.18-1.18

Abstract

COVID-19 effect on energy poverty: Lithuanian case study

Highlights

The COVID-19 pandemic is manifesting its devastating effects in multiple directions and demonstrating multiply effects on energy sector, including the increasing the level of energy poverty in many EU Member States (Karpinska and Smiech, 2020; Nagaj and Korpysa, 2020; Carfora et al, 2021; Primc and Slabke-Erker, 2020; Bienvenido-Huertas, 2021).there is no doubts that COVID- 19 crisis had big impact on energy sector
Three main indicators from EU Statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) database were selected to measure energy poverty: Population unable to keep home adequately warm, Arrears on utility bills and Population living in a dwelling with a leakages
This paper aims to compare energy poverty indicators trends in Lithuania by applying comparative assessment approach to grasp the differences between countries in dealing with the negative consequences of COVID-19 on most vulnerable population and increasing energy poverty

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Introduction

There is no doubts that COVID- 19 crisis had big impact on energy sector. First of all, this impact is linked to decrease of mobility and reduced energy demand in transport and due to various restrictions putting on various industries and services having impact on energy price decrease. The main areas of energy sector effected by COVID-19 pandemic are: energy demand changes, recent increase in energy prices having impact on low-income vulnerable population. Though there are several studies dealing with COVID-19 impacts on specific energy sector areas energy vulnerability and poverty issues are not well addressed (Abu-Rayah and Dincer, 2020; Bamanyar et al, 2020; Fell et al, 2020; Hosseini, 2020; Sovacool et al, 2020; Haxsimusa and Liebensteiner, 2021, Halkos, Gkampoura, 2021; Hoang et al, 2021), though few authors (Brosemer et al, 2020, Mastopietro et al, 2020) have identified terrifying consequences of COVID-19 on population like inequity, poverty and health

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