This report explores what a fair transition to net zero should look like for low income consumers, and how to get there.

A Participatory Action Research project, professional researchers and community members with direct experience of the energy poverty premium, worked in partnership to co-create research and proposals. Thirteen peer researchers and 38 community members participated in the project.

The transition to net zero is an opportunity to create a future energy system that is fair by design, and at best a market where low income consumers are not just protected, but actively benefit from the transition. Through inclusive design and a regulatory commitment to fairness in policymaking, the operation of the energy market can play a role in materially increasing equality.

Published in September 2022 by Toynbee Hall, Fair By Design, and OFGEM.