In Romania, during winter, the families with an income/member lower than a limit imposed by the authorities receive an amount of money to cover a fraction of the thermal energy bill. As low is the specific income, as higher is the amount. I cannot present numbers, the measure has not been announced yet this year. 

To assess sustainability, it is essential to consider all the variables (economic, social, technical, legal, even geopolitical). Know the limitations of the fossil energy system in the country of reference and assess their renewable energy capacity is essential.

If appropriate, you can consult our paper on energy poverty in Spain, in the next week

Dear Gabriel, Thanks for the Romanian example.

Dear Rosa, thanks for your answer. Are you going to publish the paper on RG?

Yes, I have the paper, but at this moment, I haven,t it with me. So next week, I,ll provide it to yoy

Dear @Mariusz, as You are looking for references, I have tried to find some.THE POLICY OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE ELECTRICITY MARKET is fine reading about this issue! " The aim of this paper is to analyze the current forms of vulnerable customer protection from the critical point of view and to point out possibilities for their application in the case of Serbia"! Two fine presentations are attached also!

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2008/0013-32640879157F.pdf

http://www.energy-community.org/pls/portal/docs/2012187.PDF

http://www.energy-community.org/pls/portal/docs/634184.PDF

Dear Ljubomir,

Actually the paper is very informative and helpful as well. I Wonder what do you think of ideas presented by the authors? They claim e.g. "One example of such an approach is the introduction of a special tax on the use of the transmission system that is used for providing financial aid to vulnerable consumers. It is also possible to choose one supplier via tender procedure who would be responsible for the supply of poor consumers". The idea is interesting but It's difficult to imagine a supplier that would be responsible for the supply of vulnerable consumers with energy, as a market actor. Do you think that ideas like 'social supplier' or 'social tariffs' (they seem to criticize social tariffs) or taxes as presented by the authors are good solutions for fighting energy poverty? In my opinion support for vulnerable consumers shall be rather a task of social assistance than energy system actors. What's your opinion?

I do agree dear @Mariusz. Proposed approach in the paper is theoretically feasible, but not in practice. Yes, support for energy vulnerable consumers should be a task of social services!

I have found a paper on How Much Protection for the Vulnerable Consumers! 

Article The Affordability of Energy: How Much Protection for the Vul...

Thanks again!

Dear Sir

I have uploaded the full text now.

I,ll hope you can enjoy it and I,ll try to answer all the questions you have

best regards

Rosa

Dear Rosa, thank you very much I'll read it just i finisz today's lectures :-) Best regards from Krakow, M.

Dear Eraldo, Thanks for your explanation. I've also read your paper to explore it deeper. I'm still thinking about subsidies. Are they really effective response to the problem of energy poverty? Can we think of any other effective means of non-financial suport addressing the problem of energy poverty? 

In Brazil there is the Consumer Protection Code, a protective law that is applied is vulnerable (energy) Consumers.

http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l8078.htm

I have written a review on this matter in 2013. Unluckily it is in French, but if you have further questions (expecially concerning France or Italy) please ask.

Technical Report Benchmark Européen des politiques de lutte contre la Précari...

Dear Pietro,

Thanks a lot for your paper! I'll try my poor French :-)

Best regards,

Mariusz

Dear @Mariusz, long time since our last correspondence! Our colleague @Eraldo has fine thread that is related to this one of yours.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_do_the_different_countries_energy_poverty_concepts_impact_market_structures

Yeah, really long time.... Hope everything is OK with you. Thanks for the link. Actually I read the discussion and It's very helpful for me. We've just started preparing next years' Innopower and Energia21. Hope this time we will be able to meet!

Best regards,

Mariusz

P.S.

Hope that our RG - energy discussions friends will be able to join us in Poznan as well!! 

That would be really nice opportunity to meet each other, to do face to face meeting. I have visited Zagreb this summer and I have met @Darko. Poznan is fine old city, renaissance one, an excellent destination for visit. 

The conference will probably be held between 10-12 of May next year. I'll keep you informed!