About The Coalition
We are a coalition uniting trade unions, anti-poverty groups, social housing providers, environmental campaigners, health organisations, NGOs and energy cooperatives who work together to end energy poverty across Europe.
Right to Energy unites trade unions, anti-poverty groups, social housing providers, NGOs, environmental campaigners, health organisations and energy cooperatives across Europe. We campaign to tackle energy poverty at an EU, national and local level.
We aim for an energy system that puts people and planet before profit. The Coalition was formed in 2017 to advocate for energy poverty in the 2030 EU Clean Energy package. Since then, coalition members have successfully campaigned to ban disconnections, implement free of charge renovations for energy poor households and include the energy poor as key players in the EU Green Deal. Additionally Right to Energy members have provided essential research on Who’s to Pay for a fair transition and how to secure the Right to Energy for all Europeans.
Current work includes ongoing input into the EU Green Deal and energy efficiency legislation, advocacy in member states as well as local community campaigns to secure the right to energy for energy poor households during the pandemic.
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Our vision
We recognise energy poverty lies at the intersection of different issues: a warming world that puts people and planet at risk, increasing social inequality, and an unjust energy system. These multiple dimensions call for a holistic approach to tackle energy poverty’s different causes and consequences in a dignified way.
We recognise energy poverty lies at the intersection of different issues: a warming world that puts people and planet at risk, increasing social inequality, and an unjust energy system. These multiple dimensions call for a holistic approach to tackle energy poverty’s different causes and consequences in a dignified way.
Our Demands
A ban of disconnections to effectively ensure the right to energy
The supply of a minimum amount of energy for all
A massive renovation programme across the EU to provide decent, efficient housing for all
The targeting of the most vulnerable in these renovation efforts
Recognition of the role of community energy in alleviating energy poverty
Support for community energy projects fighting energy poverty
A European definition of energy poverty to understand and monitor the issue at EU-level
