NAACP: Access to Electricity Is a Human Right
“The NAACP report demonstrates how electricity shutoffs are more likely to affect low-income populations, the elderly and communities of color. This, the organization says, makes electricity a social justice issue.
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), households at or below 150 percent of the poverty level and headed by African Americans were twice as likely to have their power shut off as households at the same poverty level headed by white Americans.”