Fuel Poverty in Cheshire East

The metric for Fuel poverty in England is the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) indicator A household is considered to be fuel poor if: 1) They have a fuel poverty energy efficiency rating (FPEER) of band D or below; and 2) If they were to spend their modelled energy costs, they would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line. The LILEE definition is a relative indicator with regards to income but an absolute measure regarding energy efficiency. The LILEE indicator is a dual indicator consisting of: i) The number of households that have both low incomes and low energy efficiency (the shaded area in Figure 1) ii) The depth of fuel poverty among these fuel poor households. This is measured through a fuel poverty gap (the distance of the arrows in Figure 1), which represents the difference between the required fuel costs for each household and the nearest fuel poverty threshold.