Nearly 11% of the European Union’s population faces a situation of energy poverty. They are not able to adequately heat their homes at an affordable cost. A study, pub - lished by the European Commission, lists rising energy prices, low income and poor ener - gy efficient homes as the main causes of this problem. 1 Rising energy costs make energy poverty a growing concern, particularly in the context of stagnant or declining dispos - able incomes. 2 Market liberalisation, long vaunted as an antidote to high prices, seems to have had the opposit