Electricity Bills Have Risen in 47 States, While Trump Administration Blocks the Cheapest, Cleanest Energy Sources

(WASHINGTON – Nov 7, 2025) The Joint Economic Committee Minority released a new report which found that electricity bills have increased in 47 states in the last year, with consumers in 10 states paying at least 10% more for electricity. On average, the Committee projects that American households will pay approximately $100 more per household in electricity costs this year.

“The Trump administration is not solving rising electricity costs for families and businesses, said Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs at EDF.

“Restricting the supply of affordable clean energy as demand from data centers and industry is skyrocketing in many parts of the country only makes the problem worse. The cheapest energy today is also the cleanest and fastest to deploy, and that’s what America needs. 

“Instead, the Trump administration's hundreds of millions in subsidies for old, unreliable coal plants will drive up electricity bills even higher.”

Since Day One, the Trump administration has enacted an agenda to delay, freeze and cancel clean energy projects, which accounted for over 90% of new capacity to the grid last year. These actions include:

• Freezing federal permitting for wind energy projects, leaving major offshore wind projects in limbo
• Delaying and canceling renewable projects on federal lands, including the Esmeralda Seven Project in Nevada, a solar & battery project that would have provided three Hoover Dams-worth of power
• Canceling grants for electric grid upgrades that would support more reliable power in rural communities
• Phasing down clean energy tax credits

At the same time, the administration is openly offering “concierge, white glove” service to oil, gas and coal projects. 

The Department of Energy recently announced over $600 million in new subsidies to prop up aging, expensive coal plants, and has illegally extended the retirements of half-a-century-old fossil plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

The cost of keeping the coal plant in Michigan open past its planned retirement has ballooned to $80 million since May – over $600,000 a day – a massive financial loss that will be passed on to ratepayers in 11 states.