NEW REPORT: Trump’s Energy Crisis Hits Arizona Families Hard

PHOENIX—As Arizona families brace for another punishing summer, Donald Trump and Republicans have already cost 9,000 Arizona clean energy jobs to be canceled or on the chopping block and yanked more than $3.6 billion in private investment from the state. 

Climate Power’s newly released April Energy Crisis Snapshot confirms Arizona ranks fourth in the nation for clean energy jobs lost or delayed—behind only Texas, Massachusetts and New York—as Trump blocks the cheaper, cleaner energy sources that would lower utility bills and protect Arizonans from the next oil shock. The report lands one week after Arizona voters sent an unmistakable message by turning out three times as many SRP ballots as in 2024 to elect a clean energy majority to the utility’s board for the first time ever. 

Similarly, in the absence of federal action, state leaders including Governor Katie Hobbs, have delivered recommendations to reduce energy costs for Arizonans and expand Arizona’s clean energy economy.

“Trump promised to lower energy costs, but Arizonans are paying more, watching clean energy jobs disappear, and heading into summer with a federal government actively making things worse,” said Diali Avila, Arizona Director for Climate Power. “Last week’s SRP election showed that Arizonans want affordable, clean energy. But Trump is taking us in the opposite direction, and families are footing the bill.”

The Arizona Snapshot findings include:

• Trump has put 8,907 Arizona clean energy jobs on the chopping block across 7 canceled or stalled projects. With rising demand from data centers and record-breaking heat, gutting clean energy takes critical supply offline and pushes costs up for every Arizona ratepayer.
• $3.66 billion in Arizona clean energy investment has been lost or delayed. Nationally, Trump and Republicans have canceled or stalled 365 projects and eliminated nearly 180,000 jobs—while household electric bills have already risen as much as 13% since Trump took office and utilities have raised or sought to raise bills by nearly $93 billion across 49 states.
• Arizona is one of the most heat-vulnerable states in the country, and Trump is making it worse. Phoenix logged its hottest March on record in 2026, and Martinez Lake—about 150 miles west of the Valley—set a national temperature record for March of 110 degrees. Coincidentally, climate change is already projected to add up to $110 per year to Arizona electricity bill.

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