U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

08/11/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/11/2025 16:49

ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Releases Data on Trump Administration Actions that Hike Up Energy Costs

Donald Trump and Republicans' Big Bad Bill for Billionaires will raise utility costs by 9-18%across the nation.

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich(D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, releasedfact sheets that outline how the Trump Administration's actions and his "Big Bad Bill" raises utility costs for cash-strapped American families.

Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has taken actions to hamstringthe clean energy sector - from halting and revering the approvals of clean energy projects to passing his Big BadBill,which sunsets critical tax incentives for the energy sector- raising energy costs on working families.

"Now more than ever, we need more energy, not less,to meet our increased energy demandand power our grid. Instead of increasing our energy supply Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the clean energy sector, killing jobs and projects," said Ranking Member Heinrich.

Heinrich continued, "What Donald Trump won'ttell you about his Big Ugly Bill is that it'scosting thousands of jobs and higher energy costs."

Read the Electricity Factsheet Here

Read the Coal Factsheet Here

National Toplines

  • Donald Trump and Republicans' Big BadBill will raise utility prices nationwide, by 9-18% across the board.

  • Their Big, BadBill jeopardizesup to 760,000 jobs by 2030, andan additional700,000 jobs by 2035.

  • The Trump Administration has canceled24 projects form the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), which is estimated to result in the loss of 25,000 jobs and $4.6 billion in economic output.

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