Article 7 of the EED specifically requires European member states to consider the need to alleviate energy poverty in their design of Art.7 measures, but this requirement is not universally adopted.
The briefing recommends that the provision on energy poverty in Art.7 should be fully implemented and, further, that the distributional equity – or who pays for and who benefits – from the measures delivered under Art.7 should be assessed, and measures put in place to address distributional inequities.
More broadly, the climate and social goals within EED Article 7 and the wider European package must be better aligned.
