Energy poverty in the face of stringent environmental policies: An analysis of mitigating role of energy storage in China

This study aims to investigate the links between China's energy poverty and environmental rules, emphasizing the role of energy storage capacity and energy infrastructure development in alleviating energy poverty. The research emphasizes that implementing tighter environmental regulations increases the cost of living of the household depending on non-renewable energy sources, causing energy poverty. The household survey data collected in China from 2010 to 2020. Moreover, the research emphasizes the energy storage mechanism. In this paper, we examine the potential implications of environmental regulations on residential EE and the mechanism by which such environmental constraints affect energy efficiency, using the passage of China's most recent ecological preservation legislation as an example. Our results show that the most recent environmental preservation regulation has less effect on families that rely on pure electricity. In contrast, it produces higher power loads and more severe EE for families' dependent on impure power. The research further suggests the necessity for considering the environmental and energy impact for policymakers while implementing these policies and these could help handle energy poverty while maintaining ecological integrity.