COVID-19

Does anyone in your household pay any of the following utility bills? (Q29 Wi2020)

Energy access takes center stage in fighting COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and powering recovery in Africa

Seeing countries with the most robust economies struggling to keep it together in a global pandemic like COVID-19, I wondered how Africa would cope if the virus seeped into the continent. This article chronicles what plight the continent is in, and fortunately what is being done to curb the...Read more

If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working or schooling remotely, do you have to share and/or take turns using various devices, internet access, or workspaces? (Q28 Wi2020)

Since COVID-19 began, have you or others in your household been aware of changes in daily energy consumption that cannot be attributed to seasonal change, for example? (Q39 Sp2020)

**If yes to Q26** If you had to purchase technologies to work or school remotely, were these technologies in short supply or marked up? (Q26B)

What COVID Taught Us About Reliable Energy & Healthy Homes

This artifact discusses the overlap between the COVID-19 crisis and the housing and utility affordability crisis. Avila begins by citing statistics for housing and utility debt accumulated during the pandemic, and articualtes how this debt and the housing and utility crisis as a whole mirrors...Read more

PUC Holds Public Input Hearings on PECO Rate Increase Request

https://www.puc.pa.gov/press-release/2021/puc-holds-public-input-hearings-on-pec…
ECA Newsletter - April 3, 2020

This monthly newsletter was written by executive director Steve Luxton and gave an update on what is happening at ECA during the COVID19 shutdown.Read more

**If yes to Q21** What did you do to address these disruptions? (Q21B)

Have you ever enrolled in an energy assistance program to help with utility bill payment? (Q44 SP2020)

Are you aware of any of the following programs? (Q46 S+W 2020)

The Digital Divide: How Philadelphia Area Compares In Internet Usage

Current FCC estimates predict that 30 million Americans do not have broadband access, which includes more than 6/10 rural residents. Some estimates put that at even more without internet access.

Microsoft recently released numbers estimating the percentage of residents who use the...Read more

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