Trump Isn’t Driving Rising Electricity Bills — Data Expose Activists’ Blame Game
Rising bills, bad blame: What’s really driving electricity prices?
by IER September 16, 2025, 1:19 PM
Green activists and their political allies are working overtime to try to blame rising electricity bills on President Trump — his One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), his tighter scrutiny of wind and solar, and even emergency reliability orders. [emphasis, links added]
The data tell a different story: prices climbed sharply before the OBBBA could plausibly matter, demand is rising fast, the “renewables are cheap” sales pitch is still history, and the system-wide costs land on ratepayers.
The Price Record — Before OBBBA
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has recently rallied Democrats around electricity prices, calling them one of the Republicans’ “weakest points.”
Democratic lawmakers are flooding town halls and social media with claims that Republican hostility toward renewables is driving up utility bills, and Democratic-aligned groups are spending millions on advertising to make the same point.
But the reality is that electricity rates have been rising for years:
https://climatechangedispatch.com/trump-not-driving-rising-electricity-bills/
