Have you ever enrolled in an energy assistance program to help with utility bill payment? (Q44 S+W2020)

This chart reflects responses to Question #44 from the Spring and Winter 2020 surveys, which asked respondents “Have you ever enrolled in an energy assistance program to help with utility bill payment?” The pre-structured options were, “Yes, I have before COVID-19”; “Yes, I have since COVID-19 began”; “No I have not”; “I was unaware of such programs”; “I don’t know”; and “NA.”

One-hundred and sixty-seven respondents answered this question. Forty-four respondents (26.3%) reported enrolling in an energy assistance program before COVID-19. Nineteen respondents (11.4%) reported having enrolled in an energy assistance program since COVID-19 began. One-hundred and four respondents (62.3%) reported having never enrolled in an energy assistance program. Two respondents (1.2%) reported they did not know. Ten respondents (6%) reported not being familiar with such energy assistance programs. One respondent (0.6) reported N/A.

The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey, which has been administered to 169 people over two time periods. The Spring 2020 survey was administered to 86 people between May and June, and the Winter 2020 survey was administered to 83 people between December 2020 and March 2021. Visit the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Spring + Winter 2020 Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.