NEW: Household Electricity Prices Are Up 11% As Donald Trump Takes Clean Energy Off the Grid 

New Jersey, where energy costs have played a critical role in the gubernatorial race, saw the highest increase among all states with a 21% spike in electricity prices

Washington, D.C. – Newly released data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that household electricity prices have risen by 11% since Donald Trump took office in January. Donald Trump and Republicans promised to lower prices—instead families are facing record-high electricity bills because of an extreme agenda to block clean energy and produce less power. 

The new data comes as voters increasingly cite utility costs as a top concern and as the issue takes center stage in the Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia elections. New Jersey residents, who will vote for a new governor in less than three weeks, saw the highest increase in the nation, with a 21% spike in electricity prices. The Republican candidate for governor, Jack Ciattarelli, has followed Trump’s lead by attacking clean energy and proposing to ban wind projects that would bring more energy on the grid quickly, while Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill has rightly taken Trump to task for creating a full blown energy crisis. 

“Electricity costs are the new eggs. American families are facing an affordability crisis that Trump and Republicans are making even worse every day with their vendetta against clean energy. At a time when we need more electricity, Trump is taking a sledgehammer to cheaper, faster clean energy projects across the country,” said Climate Power Communications Director Alex Glass. “We’re going to make sure that voters know that Trump is willing to jack up prices to keep his promise to his billionaire Big Oil buddies, and Republicans have his back, not theirs.”