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Trump promised lower electric bills. A new analysis says the opposite.
Trump promised to cut electric bills in half. But a new Energy Innovation analysis covered by CNN estimates federal energy policy changes could push household energy costs higher instead, adding about $460 per household in 2035 and $490 by 2040.
The basic problem: electricity demand is rising, and we need more low-cost power on the grid, not less.
When policy makes it harder to build wind and solar, two of the fastest sources of new electricity, bills face more pressure.
07/09/2026
July 4 brought major progress for advanced nuclear BUT it was also a costly cut-off for wind and solar.
The Energy Department created a faster review process for testing advanced reactor concepts, with a goal of helping at least three reach a major milestone by July 4: proving they could sustain a controlled nuclear reaction. Some have now reached that milestone. More energy is good news!
But wind and solar faced a different kind of deadline. Projects had to begin construction by July 4 to preserve the easier path to full federal tax credits. Any that did not meet that deadline now have to be in operation by the end of 2027 to preserve the credits that many developers had counted on when planning their projects.
The Solar Energy Industries Association estimates that 36% of all electricity capacity planned through 2030 is now at risk.
Helping nuclear move forward shouldn't require making wind and solar projects harder or more expensive to build.
Federal policy should help every viable resource contribute to the resource pool, especially when electricity demand is growing and customer bills are already under pressure.
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07/07/2026
The United States produces more oil than any country in the world. If producing more fossil fuels were enough to deliver energy independence, we’d have it by now.
America has been chasing that promise since 1973, when President Nixon launched “Project Independence” during the oil embargo and set a goal of meeting America’s energy needs without foreign sources by 1980.
More than 50 years later, the U.S. is producing record amounts of oil. But American families still feel it when global oil markets are disrupted by war, shipping problems, or production cuts. That’s because oil is priced in a global market. More drilling can add supply, but it can’t isolate American consumers from global price swings.
Clean energy solves the problem fossil fuels can’t. Cleaner electricity, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, solar, wind, and storage reduce how much globally priced fuel we need in the first place.
We’ve spent 53 years testing the idea that fossil fuel abundance alone can deliver energy independence. Record production still hasn’t delivered price stability.
Real energy independence means building an energy system less exposed to global fuel markets. Clean energy is how we get there.
Energy independence also means making the technology here. Clean energy can bring manufacturing, construction, and long-term jobs home to communities across the country.
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