Energy poverty in British Columbia: policy gaps in Canada's clean energy leader
ブリティッシュコロンビア州におけるエネルギーポバティ：カナダのクリーンエネルギーリーダーの政策ギャップ (AI 翻訳)
Runa Das, Jofri Issac, Mike Churchill, Mari Martiskainen, Julie MacArthur, Mylène Riva
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日本語
この論文は、1989年から2023年までのブリティッシュコロンビア州におけるエネルギーポバティに影響を与える114の政策イニシアチブを分析する。クリーンエネルギーでのリーダーシップにもかかわらず、エネルギーポバティに対処する政策は間接的で不十分であり、主に住宅所有者向けのエネルギー効率プログラムに集中し、低所得世帯への支援が限られていることを発見した。著者らは、公平性を重視した政策戦略を求めている。
English
This paper analyzes 114 policy initiatives in British Columbia from 1989 to 2023 that affect energy poverty. It finds that despite clean energy leadership, policies addressing energy poverty are indirect and insufficient. Most programs focus on energy efficiency and retrofits for homeowners, with limited support for low-income households. The authors call for an equity-centered policy strategy.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
カナダの事例だが、日本のGX政策にも示唆を与える。エネルギー転換において低所得層への影響を考慮した政策設計が重要であり、本論文の分析フレームワークは参考になる。
In the global GX context
This paper highlights the gap between clean energy ambitions and social equity in BC. Global climate policymakers can learn that energy poverty may not automatically reduce through clean energy policies alone; explicit targeting is needed.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a comprehensive policy landscape analysis and classification framework for studying energy poverty in the context of clean energy transition.
🏢実務担当者:Useful for understanding how clean energy programs can unintentionally overlook energy-poor households; can inform program design.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for explicit energy poverty targets in climate policy, as indirect benefits are insufficient.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Abstract Energy poverty is a persistent challenge in many high-income countries. In Canada, and in the province of British Columbia (BC), energy poverty is driven by energy costs, lower incomes, and inefficient housing. Despite BC’s leadership in clean energy and climate, the province lacks a comprehensive strategy explicitly addressing energy poverty. This paper presents a policy landscape analysis of 114 initiatives planned and implemented in BC between 1989 and 2023, that may influence energy poverty outcomes. Using a combined inductive and deductive classification framework, initiatives were analyzed by policy typology, focus area, delivery agent, scale, and beneficiary group. The analysis shows that policy activity increased substantially after 2020, largely driven by clean energy policies. However, initiatives remain concentrated in energy efficiency and retrofit programs that primarily benefit homeowners. Programs specifically targeting low-income households remain limited in both number and scope, while consumer protection measures are scarce and affordability interventions are rarely embedded within regulatory mechanisms. Although energy poverty rates in BC have remained relatively stable over time, existing initiatives have not produced measurable reductions. Overall, BC’s policy response to energy poverty remains indirect, with most initiatives addressing it as a co-benefit of climate and energy transition policies rather than as an explicit policy objective. A more deliberate and equity-centered policy strategy will be required to meaningfully reduce energy poverty during energy transition.
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