This issue, last winter, was that energy prices spiked much higher in Europe than they did in the US due to the fact that most of the gas used in Europe used to

This issue, last winter, was that energy prices spiked much higher in Europe than they did in the US due to the fact that most of the gas used in Europe used to come from Russia. This issue has been largely sorted out, and I do not expect things to be quite so drastic this winter. That said, there were definitely programs to help out the hardest hit; it was tough for some, but people weren't freezing to death.