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A targeted approach to energy burden reduction measures: Comparing the effects of energy storage, rooftop solar, weatherization, and energy efficiency upgrades 
Category: Report
Author(s): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Year: 2024
 A study comparing the effects of various energy efficiency upgrades to tailor energy burden reduction programs, policies, and spending to maximize local benefit.
Distressed Cities and Persistent Poverty TA Eligibility
Category: Tool
Author(s): U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Year: 2024
 The Distressed Cities and Persistent Poverty Technical Assistance (DCTA) map identifies communities eligible to receive technical assistance through HUD's DCTA program. Eligible communities include units of general local government serving populations under 50,000 that are either economically distrressed or serve at least one census tract experiencing persistent poverty.
Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
Category: Tool
Author(s): Center for Disease Control, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Year: 2022
 The SVI is a place-based tool that can help users identify communities experiencing social vulnerability, which refers to demographic and socioeconomic factors (such as poverty, lack of access to transportation, and poor housing quality) that negatively affect how communities are impacted by natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other hazards and community-level stressors.
Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool
Category: Tool
Author(s): U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Year: 2021
 A tool that communicates housing and energy characteristics at the census and county level.
Evaluating Energy Efficiency Potential in Low-Income Households: A Flexible and Granular Approach
Category: Report
Author(s): National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Year: 2019
 A study that presents an approach to evaluating energy efficiency potential with an accurate, granular, and flexible estimate of the cost-effective energy efficiency potential in households of various income ranges.
Grid Modernization: Metrics Analysis (GMLC1.1) – Affordability
Category: Report
Author(s): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Year: 2019
 A study on the affordability of grid modernization efforts.
Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA): Community Assessment and Barriers Analysis
Category: Webpage
Author(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Options and examples of conducting a barrier analysis to identify gaps in available services and understand underlying conditions influencing clean energy programs for low-income households.
Issue Brief: Using Data to Set Priorities and Track Success of Low-Income Energy Programs
Category: Report
Author(s): U.S. Department of Energy
A brief outlining ways Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA) partners measure program progress.