Up to 43% of households at risk of energy poverty, warns ESRI

Energy poverty is determined when a family spends more than 10% of its income on energy.

Up to 43% of households could shortly be in energy poverty, a senior researcher with the ESRI has warned.

Niall Farrell said that energy poverty was determined when a family spent more than 10% of its income on energy. That figure had been 29%  earlier this year, but with the recent rise in energy costs, the figure was now at 43%