Access to justice for energy consumers: joining the gaps with the support of the Ombuds
Find all about our webinar and the upcoming steps!
Webinar: Access to justice for energy consumers: joining up the gaps to tackle energy poverty and vulnerability (2 October 2020)
Join us on 2 October for the ESRC Just Energy webinar!
Local challenges & solutions for those living in vulnerable situations in the French countryside
In February 2020, we visited Réseau Eco-Habitat, a French organisation helping households affected by energy poverty to renovate their houses. This experience was humbling and made us reflect on the concrete impact research and policy work have on the life of the people. Renovation works started soon after our visit to Benoit’s house.
Moving beyond the state of the art in energy poverty measurement
I have contributed to the new COST ENGAGER report on the current state of the art in energy poverty measurement, overviewing existing knowledge gaps and new approaches
Just Energy World Cafe Institute for Advanced Legal Studies 15 March 2019
A very engaging workshop thanks to all the participants!
Consumer ADR: Delivering fairness and justice for consumers, business and markets
This article was originally written for the ESRC JustEnergy website. Naomi and I participated in the conference “Consumer ADR: Delivering fairness and justice for consumers, business and markets” organised by the Center of Socio-Legal Studies of the University of Oxford on 18 and 19 March 2019. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) allows the settlement of a […]
Policy overview of the development of energy poverty & vulnerability at EU level
The policy overview of the development of energy policy & vulnerability at EU level I wrote for the ESRC Just Energy research project has been published
Reflections from the Second Catalan Congress of Energy Poverty
I was invited to talk about energy poverty mitigation initiatives in Europe. I put some existing curative and preventive measures into perspective, such as energy bonuses and retrofitting programmes.
European Commission’s citizens’ energy forum – 20 & 21 September 2018
I am back from the Citizen’s energy forum, the annual European Commission’s convention which has been steering EU’s energy consumer policies for the last ten years. New business models and ADR were at the centre of the 10th meeting.
Energy Poverty & Vulnerability Measures in Europe: An Overview
One of the key aims of the ESRC Just Energy project is to investigate how vulnerable consumers access justice. Therefore, understanding which consumers are currently excluded from accessing justice through ADR is key, as is providing an overview of recent EU and national measures and policies which seek to address energy poverty and consumer vulnerability in the energy sector.