Nearly one-third of U.S. households face energy insecurity at least once a year because they can't afford to pay their bills or even turn on their heat or air conditioning.

Nearly one-third of U.S. households face energy insecurity at least once a year because they can't afford to pay their bills or even turn on their heat or air conditioning. Millions more must choose between food and electricity every month.

The Energy Department studies household energy consumption patterns and found that in 2015, a year when household energy costs were the lowest in more than a decade, households across the nation struggled to pay for electricity, natural gas and other household fuels.

About 25 million households, or one in five, reported they went without or cut back on necessities like medicine and food at least once a year to pay their energy bills. About 7 million households face that decision nearly every month, according to the study.

(   I can remember as a kid going hungry and without heat. Our Parents could not

    afford heat and air year round. Many of homes are like this in America. It

    still happens today. All Americans, all races, face this hardship daily.  We

    should take care of our own first. People in America have it tough.

    Some worse than others. Lets help Americans first … We shouldn't

    have to starve or go without air because it cost to much for low income

    families. )


https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Energy-insecurity-a-problem-for-one-third-of-U-S-13242576.php