| NOTAS: | "Keeping utilities’ services affordable: policies need local knowledge and robust evaluation', a new CERRE study recommends. The affordability of utilities – the costs of using energy, water, transport and telecoms – is a major issue on European policy agendas. It is increasingly clear that the economic crisis has impacted on many citizens‘ ability to pay their bills. While there is no easy fix to this challenge, a major new CERRE study on the affordability of utilities’ services moves the debate forward with in-depth findings and recommendations for tackling affordability concerns. Drawing on the unique opportunities offered by CERRE to explore the issue and policy options across the utilities sectors and across the European Union, the study brings together for the first time a wide variety of data. It combines extensive country- and household-level data analysis with literature reviews and stakeholder interviews." |
