Energy Poverty Advisory Hub handbook 2 : a guide to planning energy poverty mitigation actions

The aim of this handbook is to assist municipalities to effectively include, underline and give visibility to the social aspect in their existing plans to make sure to include specific actions to mitigate energy poverty. In the EPAH methodology, we foresee the creation of a Local Social Climate Plan that specifically addresses the actions to mitigate energy poverty. The name selected for the methodology has the value to underline the key elements of the plan: local because it needs to be customised for your specific context, social because it is centred on the vulnerable consumers needs, climate as it addresses the environmental and energy perspective. The name of the plan can change, however, according to the requirements of the local government. For example, in the case of Covenant of Mayors (CoM) signatories, the plan will be the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) integrated with the energy poverty perspective.