Trump Heads to Ohio and Kentucky to Do Damage Control as Gas Prices Skyrocket   

Gas prices have surged nearly 24% in Ohio and 19% in Kentucky since Trump attacked Iran 

Kentucky and Ohio have already seen utility bills increase as Trump and Republicans take energy options off the grid 

Washington, DC – Today, Donald Trump will be in Ohio and Kentucky against a backdrop of surging gas prices thanks to his war in Iran, along with soaring grocery, housing and health care costs thanks to his disastrous economic agenda. The visit comes as Ohioans and Kentuckians are already facing soaring energy costs thanks to the GOP’s war against homegrown clean energy. Far from fulfilling his promise to cut energy costs in half in his first year, since Trump took office, Kentucky’s residential gas prices have increased by nearly 27%. Ohio’s residential gas prices have increased by 23.3%. 

Senator Jon Husted, who recently said that Trump’s war in Iran is going “much better” than expected even though Ohio has seen some of the biggest increases in gas prices in the country, voted for the budget bill that gutted clean energy projects in Ohio, canceling jobs and sending utility bills soaring. He can currently be found dodging in-person testimony in a massive bribery trial around an Ohio utility company. 

Climate Power Senior Advisor Jesse Lee issued the following statement: “Trump and Senator Husted have spent the past year raising costs for working Ohioans over and over, while making their billionaire donors richer and gaslighting all of us that the economy is booming. From scorched Earth attacks on the clean energy manufacturing jobs that Governor DeWine recruited to Ohio, to Trump’s haphazard Iran War that has sent gas prices skyrocketing, both of them have driven energy costs through the roof — even if they don’t seem to notice, while ensconced in the Republican culture of corruption.” 

Donald Trump and Republicans are bad for Kentucky and Ohio: 

• By 2035, Trump’s clean energy cuts were expected to increase Kentuckians’ annual energy bills by $630, gasoline bills by $40, and wholesale electricity prices by 780%. 
• By 2035, Trump’s clean energy cuts were expected to raise Ohioans’ annual energy bills by $190, gasoline bills by $94, and wholesale electricity prices by 17%.
• Trump’s attacks on clean energy hurt Kentucky’s clean energy economy, impacting six clean energy projects, causing 2,194 jobs to be lost or delayed, and canceling or delaying$617 million in investment. 
• In Ohio, Trump’s clean energy attacks have impacted 10 clean energy projects, causing 3,499 jobs to be lost or delayed, and canceling or delaying$482 million in investment. 
• Trump’s clean energy cuts were projected to take 11 GW of generation capacity off the grid in Kentucky, or roughly enough to power 8.8 million homes for a year. Trump’s cuts were also projected to take 14 GW off the grid in Ohio, or roughly enough to power 11.2 million homes for a year.
• Between 2019 and 2024, home insurance rates in Kentucky increased by 31.9%, and in Ohio by 36.1%.
• Trump’s tariffs were expected to increase home insurance costs in Kentucky by $109 and in Ohio by $60. Tariffs were also expected to slow down and increase the costs of disaster recovery efforts, and the National Association of Home Builders estimates Trump’s tariffs on construction materials are driving a cost increase of $10,900 per home.