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Energy UK definition
Energy UK defines vulnerability in its policy booklet as follows.1energy-uk.org.uk/news/vulnerability-commitment-good-practice-guide-published
A customer is vulnerable if for reasons of age, health, disability or severe financial insecurity, they are unable to safeguard their personal welfare or the personal welfare of other members of the household.
Many of the UK’s energy suppliers have come together to develop and sign a vulnerability commitment to customers.2See energy-uk.org.uk/our-work/vulnerability-commitment