The technical assistance aimed to establish a comprehensive energy poverty care and prevention service for vulnerable households in La Palma, while training social services across the island to effectively address and manage energy poverty.
The municipality wished to establish an energy poverty board for better coordination among social services and organizations. A recent study revealed that 28% of households struggle to maintain adequate temperatures and face electric bill delays. La Palma aimed enhance its services and outreach to vulnerable families while collaborating with a new energy cooperative to provide practical energy-saving solutions.
The activities involved a comprehensive assessment of the Green Office's functioning, culminating in a detailed report outlining its services and operations. Following this, collaborative meetings with La Palma Renovable helped develop a service proposal and a catalogue of services to address energy poverty, which received enthusiastic feedback from municipal representatives. Ultimately, the project aimed to establish a protocol for coordinated action across all municipalities, ensuring efficient energy poverty intervention and monitoring systems are in place for ongoing evaluation and improvement.
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Countries impacted:
Spain -
Geographical scale:
Regional and Local -
Energy poverty phase:
Diagnosis -
Intervention type:
Capacity building and training -
Type of funding:
EPAH Technical Assistance Scheme -
Website:
Case website -
SDGs addressed:
