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The uneven energy costs of working from home

The transition to remote work is changing our energy system in ways that could worsen racial and economic inequities in the US. Working from home shifts energy costs from employers to workers. That burden is bigger for people who live in older, less efficient homes.

Even before the pandemic, nearly one in three households in the US struggled to pay their electricity bills or heat or cool their homes.