Dem Governors Complain About Energy Costs They Created
Gordon Tomb | February 13, 2025
It’s no secret that energy prices are on the rise. High demand for electricity and tight supplies—exacerbated by early retirements of coal-fired power plants—strain grid capacity nationwide. But rather than take accountability for destructive policies that produced these conditions, Democrat governors play the blame game.
In October, electric grid operator PJM Interconnection received a joint letter from five Democrat governors—Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro, Illinois’ JB Pritzker, New Jersey’s Phil Murphy, Maryland’s Wes Moore, and Delaware’s John Carney. According to them, PJM, which supplies electricity to 13 states and the District of Columbia, has gouged customers with its annual capacity auctions.
These auctions are where power producers bid to gain access to the grid to distribute electricity they generate. Last year, a shortage of suppliers drove bids higher, resulting in $14.7 billion in additional costs that households and businesses will absorb in their electricity bills.
Shapiro took a step further than just cowriting the letter: his December complaint against PJM with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Pennsylvania governor called PJM’s recent auction the “largest unjust wealth transfer in the history of U.S. energy markets.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/13/democrat-governors-energy-policies-bend-economics-reality/
