Korean Energy Economic Review ISSN:1599-7057(Print) 에너지경제연구

A preliminary review and assessment was conducted of criteria for energy poverty and methods of estimating it. Three criteria are demonstrated, including ‘fuel cost ratio’ and ‘minimum energy,’ criteria being used currently, along with the recently proposed ‘energy voucher’ criteria._x000D_ The ‘minimum energy’ criterion cannot reflects the residential environment of households, and the more likely a household resides in a good environment, the more favorable the energy consumption, and the higher the probability of being included in the energy poor. At the ‘fuel cost ratio’ criterion, overburdened low-income households that must reduce more expenses than necessary due to the extreme burden of fuel costs are excluded from the energy poor. The “energy voucher” criterion restricts household types such as elderly households and household with infants. Even with similar burdens of fuel costs, many households in the blind spot are left out of the energy poor due to their type of household.