The Intersection of Fuel and Transport Policy in Scotland: A Review of Policy, Definitions and Metrics

Keran Sarah Boyd, Christian Calvillo (), Tanja Mueller, Xiaoyi Mu and Tong Zhu
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Keran Sarah Boyd: Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
Christian Calvillo: Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK
Tanja Mueller: Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK
Xiaoyi Mu: Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
Tong Zhu: Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: This paper is a literature review of fuel and transport poverty in the U.K. with a focus on contextualising this challenge in Scotland. Building on the discussion in the literature, we see that the objective of policy interventions should be to provide a mechanism for identifying vulnerable households. First, we analyse the definitions of fuel, energy, and transport poverty and observe that definitions in policy have been used to limit the scope of the issue to make it more easily addressable. In contrast, academic research points out that fuel poverty should not only encompass all energy use, including household heating, but that transport poverty should be considered under the same umbrella as the drivers overlap. We then consider the indicators used to measure fuel and transport poverty, finding that the thresholds set are arbitrary and only measure one of many possible drivers, namely expenditure. Through an analysis of the drivers, it is clear that both fuel and transport poverty are complex multidimensional challenges requiring a combination of indicators to allow the policy to accurately identify vulnerable households.

Keywords: fuel poverty; transport poverty; just transition; energy policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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