气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Energy justice gaps in renewable energy transition policy initiatives in Vermont

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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112608
	Energy justice gaps in renewable energy transition policy initiatives in Vermont
	Keady W.; Panikkar B.; Nelson I.L.; Zia A.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	159
英文摘要	This study examines how renewable energy policies in Vermont address energy vulnerability and energy justice. Using an anti-resilience framework, and drawing on 569 surveys and 18 interviews statewide, our results demonstrate higher energy vulnerability—lack of access to sufficient and affordable energy—among respondents who are low-income, non-white, and renters. Low-income and renter respondents were over three times more likely, and non-white respondents were seven times more likely, to report going without heat. While Vermont is regarded as a renewable energy leader, its current policies do not equitably distribute household transition benefits (HTBs) to address vulnerability. Our results show that non-white respondents were seven times less likely than white respondents to report having solar panels and renters were three times less likely than homeowners to report having solar panels. Interviews also reveal HTBs are available mostly to high-income households. We argue that these disparities may result from structural discrimination and policies that distribute HTBs to households with disposable income and property rights. The unequal distribution of this ‘investment capital’ prevents widespread access for non-white, low-income, and renting households. Following an anti-resilience framework, we propose alternative policy frameworks that center justice within energy transition policy making. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Anti-resilience; Energy justice; Home ownership; Income; Race; Vermont
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Energy policy; Heating; Solar cell arrays; Solar concentrators; Surveys; Anti-resilience; Energy justices; Energy transitions; Energy vulnerability; Home ownership; Income; Low incomes; Race; Renewable energies; Vermont; Investments; alternative energy; energy policy; homeownership; household income; race; social justice; solar power; United States; Vermont
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256484
作者单位	University of Vermont, Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources, George D. Aiken Center, Burlington, VT 05405, United States; University of Vermont, Department of Geography and the Environmental Program, 200 Old Mill Building, Burlington, VT 05405, United States; University of Vermont, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, 208E Morrill Hall, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Keady W.,Panikkar B.,Nelson I.L.,et al. Energy justice gaps in renewable energy transition policy initiatives in Vermont[J],2021,159.
APA	Keady W.,Panikkar B.,Nelson I.L.,&Zia A..(2021).Energy justice gaps in renewable energy transition policy initiatives in Vermont.Energy Policy,159.
MLA	Keady W.,et al."Energy justice gaps in renewable energy transition policy initiatives in Vermont".Energy Policy 159(2021).