A lack of data hampers efforts to fix racial disparities in utility cutoffs

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By Akielly HuJun 11, 2024, 4:30 am1k ptsInteresting
Each year, nearly 1.3 million households across the country have their electricity shut off because they cannot pay their bill. Beyond risking the health, or even lives, of those who need that energy to power medical devices and inconveniencing people in myriad ways, losing power poses a grave threat during a…

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