B
Evidence Grade B
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20,000,000
20,000,000 -- families behind on utility bills for US utility customers (2026)
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Value
20,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
NEADA
Primary
Tier B
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NEADA
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Methodology
Cited from NEADA (National Energy Assistance Directors Association)
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US utility customers: 20,000,000 families behind on utility bills. Source: NEADA (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/neada-families-behind-utility-bills
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/neada-families-behind-utility-bills" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20,000,000</strong> -- families behind on utility bills for US utility customers<br><small>Source: NEADA (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/neada-families-behind-utility-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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