Tell us: How has your energy bill changed?
11% of Americans reduced expenses for basic necessities to pay an energy bill in 2022.
Even during this mild winter, Americans are struggling to keep their homes warm and pay their energy bills.
Massachusetts regulations require temperatures between 64 and 78 degrees in homes and last year, just 8% of Massachusetts residents kept their homes at a “temperature that felt unsafe or unhealthy,” according to Carlos Martín, the project director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
That was then. This is now. USA Today reported on Jan. 30 that “home heating prices are at the highest level in 10 years.”
The number of households receiving energy assistance this winter season rose from 4.9 million to 6.2 million, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. This is the largest one-year increase since 2009 and the highest total rate of applications since 2011.
Are you paying more or less to heat your home this year? Tell us about how your energy bill has changed this winter.
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