Energy costs
What households and businesses pay for energy overall, and which government policies push those costs up or down.
What they call for
DemocratsRepublicans35 new members addressed this issue (with these filters). Many call for more than one thing.
Lower energy costs for households and businesses30Support clean and renewable energy to lower costs18Keep data centers' energy costs off household bills10Modernize and expand the power grid to lower costs5Increase energy production to lower costs4Help homes and buildings upgrade to cut energy bills4Reverse recent federal actions that made energy less affordable4Speed up permits for new energy projects to lower costs2Pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy to lower costs2Pause new data centers until they can't drive up energy costs2
Lower energy costs for households and businesses
30 members“Andrews’ plan would also stop data centers from passing their costs onto South Carolina families, end special tax breaks for data centers, and cut red tape standing in the way of new energy infrastructure that can help bring costs down.”View on their website ↗
“The comprehensive proposal lays out a four-pronged offensive to ease the financial strain on working families: expanding housing accessibility, strengthening child care infrastructure to support working parents, slashing energy and grocery bills at the checkout line, and equipping local communities with the regulatory firepower to push back against unchecked corporate data center encroachment.”View on their website ↗
“Address housing, healthcare, energy, and education costs to help American families”View on their website ↗
“Support climate solutions that lower energy costs and support local communities”View on their website ↗
“Rebecca is ready to address the climate crisis by investing in renewable energy, creating jobs, and lowering energy costs in New Jersey.”View on their website ↗
“Lower energy costs across New Jersey by investing in clean, reliable, and domestic energy sources, so that families pay less and our communities are more energy resilient.”View on their website ↗
“Clean air and clean water are essential to our way of life in New Jersey, but environmental deregulation and defunding threaten our ability to preserve the resources we have. With smart investments in renewable energy and real environmental stewardship, we can create jobs and lower energy costs while also tackling the climate crisis and ensuring New Jersey families have clean air and clean water for generations to come.”View on their website ↗
“I’m fighting to make Maryland a leader in clean energy, protect the natural resources that define our district, and lower energy costs. I’ll hold big polluters accountable, protect the Chesapeake Bay and our rivers, and ensure every community in our district has reliable, affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
“Introduced legislation to reduce energy costs and accelerate the transition to clean energy in buildings, including: The Better Buildings Act, to cut fossil fuel dependence in new construction. The G.R.E.E.N. Act, creating a no-interest clean energy loan program to help nonprofits lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“Invest in Iowa’s clean energy economy, and make America more energy-independent with lower costs”View on their website ↗
“We need a massive commitment to more affordable, clean energy. Solar, wind, hydro, fuel cells, nuclear, and building better batteries.”View on their website ↗
“Increasing our energy supply, not by spending years trying to reopen the broken and decrepit Indian Point, but by investing in energy projects that utilize the Hudson Valley’s natural resources, like wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal energy, that can help lower energy bills today.”View on their website ↗
“Modernize our energy grid to lower energy costs for consumers. Too much of our grid is old and inefficient. By modernizing parts of it we can increase reliability, create good-paying jobs and lower costs for families.”View on their website ↗
“We will anchor it in massive investment in solar, wind, and battery storage, a modernized smart grid, and the energy efficiency upgrades that put money back in families’ pockets.”View on their website ↗
“Extend clean energy savings, like community solar, to renters following Illinois' CEJA model”View on their website ↗
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“Solving the Affordability and Opportunity Crisis: Addressing the high costs of food, energy, and healthcare that are straining Kansas families.”View on their website ↗
“We need a comprehensive, all of the above strategy that creates jobs and increases energy independence while bringing down costs for consumers today.”View on their website ↗
“The Maine Senate unanimously enacted a bill from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to lower energy costs by embracing Maine’s wood energy industry on Wednesday.”View on their website ↗
“The first bill – LD 912, “An Act To Establish the Wood Energy Investment Program” – would create a new Wood Energy Investment Program would provide incentives and low- or no-interest loans to businesses that produce energy using biomass. It would strengthen the forest products industry, lower energy costs, and increase the use of Maine wood products to generate energy.”View on their website ↗
“On Monday, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) took the first step toward implementing a new law from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to create good-paying renewable energy jobs, lower energy costs and boost economic development in Aroostook County.”View on their website ↗
“Mainers are counting on lawmakers to do everything we can to lower energy costs and stabilize the market for the future. The Northern Maine Renewable Energy Program can play a key role in delivering significant relief.”View on their website ↗
“Maine is in the midst of an energy crisis and the key to meaningful energy relief is in our own backyard. By unlocking the affordable, homegrown renewable energy just waiting to be generated in Aroostook County, we can lower energy costs for working families, strengthen our energy independence and create good-paying jobs in rural Maine”View on their website ↗
“The Maine Senate unanimously approved a bill from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to lower energy costs by embracing Maine’s wood energy industry on Monday. LD 597, “An Act To Establish the Wood Energy Investment Program” would provide incentives and low- or no-interest loans to businesses that produce energy using biomass.”View on their website ↗
“This bill is about writing the next chapter of Maine’s logging and forest products industry and lower energy costs for working Maine families”View on their website ↗
“Our environment and public lands are critical to this community. I'm grateful to partner with LCV to protect our public lands, combat climate change, and lower energy costs with clean energy options.”View on their website ↗
“Prevent oil and grocery company CEOs from gouging consumers”View on their website ↗
“Lower energy costs by investing in more affordable energy production”View on their website ↗
“I’ll cut taxes for working families, repeal harmful tariffs that raise prices, build more affordable housing, cap childcare costs, support eldercare, and lower energy bills by making big corporations—not Ohio families—pay for data center infrastructure.”View on their website ↗
“The cost of living shouldn’t force families to choose between paying the rent, putting food on the table, and giving their kids a good start. My plan would take on the biggest costs facing North Shore families, with clear goals to make childcare, housing, energy, health care, and raising a family more affordable.”View on their website ↗
“No more than 6% of your income on energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“Address rising costs that hit small businesses directly including healthcare, energy, and insurance so they can grow without passing those costs onto employees or customers.”View on their website ↗
“Lower costs by expanding clean energy and modernizing the grid.”View on their website ↗
“Bring down cost of fuel and fertilizer by ending the Iran War and the tariffs that are raising prices astronomically”View on their website ↗
“A stronger future requires smart investments now: Reliable infrastructure. Affordable energy. Better healthcare access. Modern connectivity. Safe communities.”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, I will serve as a check on Trump’s bad decisions that are costing our families, fight to repeal the tariffs, and reverse legislation and policy decisions that have increased energy costs.”View on their website ↗
“Utah can lead in clean, affordable American-made energy that strengthens our economy and lowers costs for families. I support expanding clean energy, modernizing the electrical grid, and investing in transportation infrastructure that creates jobs and secures our energy future.”View on their website ↗
“Sean helped pass HB5028, a bill which removed homeowners associations’ abilities to restrict Michiganders ability to upgrade their homes to lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“While Huizenga supported the federal intervention to keep Campbell operating, McCann has focused his work on utility affordability, ratepayer protections, and lowering energy costs for Michigan families.”View on their website ↗
“Cost of living? We expanded the working families tax cut, ended the retirement tax, and right now we’re working to lower energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“While Ciscomani has sided with utility companies and voted to roll back clean energy investments, JoAnna will stand up and protect local solar projects that bring energy online faster, lower costs, and reduce harmful pollution in our air.”View on their website ↗
“Pappas is also working to establish commonsense ways to increase energy production and lower energy costs.”View on their website ↗
“He is standing up to the Trump Administration, which has spent the last year trying to roll back affordable energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act that would lower energy costs for small businesses and families.”View on their website ↗
“So we need to pursue true energy independence and develop more homegrown, clean sources of energy. We’re beginning to do that as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, tax credits for businesses to install rooftop solar, tax credits for homes to install heat pumps and be more energy efficient and lower bills, and so that absolutely should be a priority.”View on their website ↗
“Pappas also wrote bipartisan legislation to cut taxes for middle-class families grappling with high energy costs, which would save households hundreds of dollars a year on energy.”View on their website ↗
“Chris also voted to invest in domestic energy production and is fighting for tax cuts to help families lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“Lowering Energy Costs and Protecting the Environment”View on their website ↗
“Chris supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy to meet the needs of Granite Staters, lower costs, and ensure America can become truly energy independent.”View on their website ↗
“That is why he secured federal funding to bolster clean energy in New Hampshire, build out EV charging infrastructure, and help families weatherize their homes and invest in alternative energies that keep their costs down.”View on their website ↗
“Expand clean energy production to bring down costs in the short term while protecting our environment in the long run.”View on their website ↗
“I will reduce the burden on working- and middle-class families by bringing down the costs of everyday things – prescription drugs, health care premiums, and energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“Bring Down Energy Costs: Protect Our Environment”View on their website ↗
“Action is needed now to seriously tackle climate change, increase clean local energy production, and reduce energy costs.”View on their website ↗
“We’re the energy leader of the world — and as Senator, I will work tirelessly to ensure our state not only maintains, but extends that innovative leadership for generations to come so that Texans always have access to reliable, affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
“If we invest in innovation, we can add to our hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, solar, and battery jobs by creating new jobs in cutting-edge technologies like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy. We can pioneer innovative ways to streamline permitting processes without compromising the protection of our environment — so that Texas can lead in increasing energy supply and driving down costs.”View on their website ↗
“Americans deserve an economy that is affordable, worker-focused, and climate-friendly. By ushering in a Green New Deal that creates millions of jobs, we can make energy cleaner and more affordable for everyone, all while building the climate-resilient infrastructure that protects our homes and neighborhoods.”View on their website ↗
“Build a publicly accountable, affordable, and reliable renewable energy system that serves residents instead of private utility companies and investors;”View on their website ↗
“Claire will support federal funding and oversight to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power system under democratic public control, lower energy costs, prevent repeated blackouts, and ensure the transition to clean energy creates good union jobs for Puerto Rican workers.”View on their website ↗
“An additional fee assessed on new data centers to fund investments in transmission capacity. These fees will help expand the grid, advance the clean energy transition, and lower energy costs for working people.”View on their website ↗
“Lower the cost of food, fuel and housing”View on their website ↗
“She will fight to reverse Trump-era rollbacks that weakened environmental protections and slowed progress toward cleaner, more affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
Support clean and renewable energy to lower costs
18 members“Rebecca is ready to address the climate crisis by investing in renewable energy, creating jobs, and lowering energy costs in New Jersey.”View on their website ↗
“Lower energy costs across New Jersey by investing in clean, reliable, and domestic energy sources, so that families pay less and our communities are more energy resilient.”View on their website ↗
“Clean air and clean water are essential to our way of life in New Jersey, but environmental deregulation and defunding threaten our ability to preserve the resources we have. With smart investments in renewable energy and real environmental stewardship, we can create jobs and lower energy costs while also tackling the climate crisis and ensuring New Jersey families have clean air and clean water for generations to come.”View on their website ↗
“I’m fighting to make Maryland a leader in clean energy, protect the natural resources that define our district, and lower energy costs. I’ll hold big polluters accountable, protect the Chesapeake Bay and our rivers, and ensure every community in our district has reliable, affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
“Introduced legislation to reduce energy costs and accelerate the transition to clean energy in buildings, including: The Better Buildings Act, to cut fossil fuel dependence in new construction. The G.R.E.E.N. Act, creating a no-interest clean energy loan program to help nonprofits lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“Invest in Iowa’s clean energy economy, and make America more energy-independent with lower costs”View on their website ↗
“We need a massive commitment to more affordable, clean energy. Solar, wind, hydro, fuel cells, nuclear, and building better batteries.”View on their website ↗
“Increasing our energy supply, not by spending years trying to reopen the broken and decrepit Indian Point, but by investing in energy projects that utilize the Hudson Valley’s natural resources, like wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal energy, that can help lower energy bills today.”View on their website ↗
“Extend clean energy savings, like community solar, to renters following Illinois' CEJA model”View on their website ↗
“On Monday, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) took the first step toward implementing a new law from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to create good-paying renewable energy jobs, lower energy costs and boost economic development in Aroostook County.”View on their website ↗
“Mainers are counting on lawmakers to do everything we can to lower energy costs and stabilize the market for the future. The Northern Maine Renewable Energy Program can play a key role in delivering significant relief.”View on their website ↗
“Maine is in the midst of an energy crisis and the key to meaningful energy relief is in our own backyard. By unlocking the affordable, homegrown renewable energy just waiting to be generated in Aroostook County, we can lower energy costs for working families, strengthen our energy independence and create good-paying jobs in rural Maine”View on their website ↗
“Our environment and public lands are critical to this community. I'm grateful to partner with LCV to protect our public lands, combat climate change, and lower energy costs with clean energy options.”View on their website ↗
“A clean energy future means clean energy jobs and affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
“Lower costs by expanding clean energy and modernizing the grid.”View on their website ↗
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“Utah can lead in clean, affordable American-made energy that strengthens our economy and lowers costs for families. I support expanding clean energy, modernizing the electrical grid, and investing in transportation infrastructure that creates jobs and secures our energy future.”View on their website ↗
“While Ciscomani has sided with utility companies and voted to roll back clean energy investments, JoAnna will stand up and protect local solar projects that bring energy online faster, lower costs, and reduce harmful pollution in our air.”View on their website ↗
“So we need to pursue true energy independence and develop more homegrown, clean sources of energy. We’re beginning to do that as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, tax credits for businesses to install rooftop solar, tax credits for homes to install heat pumps and be more energy efficient and lower bills, and so that absolutely should be a priority.”View on their website ↗
“Chris is fighting to protect our natural environment, address the existential threat of climate change, and invest in lower-cost, clean energy solutions.”View on their website ↗
“That is why he secured federal funding to bolster clean energy in New Hampshire, build out EV charging infrastructure, and help families weatherize their homes and invest in alternative energies that keep their costs down.”View on their website ↗
“Chris is also working to jumpstart American energy independence and voted for the largest-ever investment in cleaner, cheaper homegrown energy.”View on their website ↗
“Expand clean energy production to bring down costs in the short term while protecting our environment in the long run.”View on their website ↗
“Action is needed now to seriously tackle climate change, increase clean local energy production, and reduce energy costs.”View on their website ↗
“Americans deserve an economy that is affordable, worker-focused, and climate-friendly. By ushering in a Green New Deal that creates millions of jobs, we can make energy cleaner and more affordable for everyone, all while building the climate-resilient infrastructure that protects our homes and neighborhoods.”View on their website ↗
“The case for transitioning to renewable energy has never been stronger; decades of research, technological innovation, and supply chain investments have made wind and solar energy more affordable than fossil fuel alternatives. And greening our energy system will make us healthier and better able to withstand oil market disruptions, while slowing the advance of climate change. Achieving a grid that is powered entirely by clean energy will require the full force of the federal government.”View on their website ↗
“Build a publicly accountable, affordable, and reliable renewable energy system that serves residents instead of private utility companies and investors;”View on their website ↗
“An additional fee assessed on new data centers to fund investments in transmission capacity. These fees will help expand the grid, advance the clean energy transition, and lower energy costs for working people.”View on their website ↗
“She will fight to reverse Trump-era rollbacks that weakened environmental protections and slowed progress toward cleaner, more affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
Keep data centers' energy costs off household bills
10 members“Andrews’ plan would also stop data centers from passing their costs onto South Carolina families, end special tax breaks for data centers, and cut red tape standing in the way of new energy infrastructure that can help bring costs down.”View on their website ↗
“Roy Cooper believes that data centers should pay the full cost of the energy they use, and prevent those costs from being passed on to locals.”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, I’ll push for legislation that requires transparency and local input in data center siting decisions, holds companies accountable for their environmental impact, and makes sure Big Tech can’t offload rising energy costs onto Kentucky families.”View on their website ↗
“Against data centers raising costs, guardrails on AI to protect our kids and jobs.”View on their website ↗
“I’ll cut taxes for working families, repeal harmful tariffs that raise prices, build more affordable housing, cap childcare costs, support eldercare, and lower energy bills by making big corporations—not Ohio families—pay for data center infrastructure.”View on their website ↗
“Support a national moratorium on the construction of new data centers while lawmakers ensure they will not destroy our environment or spike costs.”View on their website ↗
“Establish federal data center guardrails to safeguard consumers from paying for corporate energy and water usage.”View on their website ↗
“Ensure AI data centers do not disrupt communities or raise energy costs for Americans: Guarantee large energy users like data centers fund the infrastructure improvements they need rather than passing those costs on to consumers, and support legislation to study the best ways for America to take advantage of the benefits of AI without disrupting communities.”View on their website ↗
“Push for tough AI regulation, so its rapid expansion doesn't increase energy bills, degrade the environment or lay off millions of workers”View on their website ↗
“An additional fee assessed on new data centers to fund investments in transmission capacity. These fees will help expand the grid, advance the clean energy transition, and lower energy costs for working people.”View on their website ↗
Modernize and expand the power grid to lower costs
5 members“Modernize our energy grid to lower energy costs for consumers. Too much of our grid is old and inefficient. By modernizing parts of it we can increase reliability, create good-paying jobs and lower costs for families.”View on their website ↗
“Lower costs by expanding clean energy and modernizing the grid.”View on their website ↗
“Utah can lead in clean, affordable American-made energy that strengthens our economy and lowers costs for families. I support expanding clean energy, modernizing the electrical grid, and investing in transportation infrastructure that creates jobs and secures our energy future.”View on their website ↗
“Claire will support federal funding and oversight to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power system under democratic public control, lower energy costs, prevent repeated blackouts, and ensure the transition to clean energy creates good union jobs for Puerto Rican workers.”View on their website ↗
“An additional fee assessed on new data centers to fund investments in transmission capacity. These fees will help expand the grid, advance the clean energy transition, and lower energy costs for working people.”View on their website ↗
Increase energy production to lower costs
4 members“Increasing our energy supply, not by spending years trying to reopen the broken and decrepit Indian Point, but by investing in energy projects that utilize the Hudson Valley’s natural resources, like wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal energy, that can help lower energy bills today.”View on their website ↗
“Lower energy costs by investing in more affordable energy production”View on their website ↗
“Pappas is also working to establish commonsense ways to increase energy production and lower energy costs.”View on their website ↗
“Chris also voted to invest in domestic energy production and is fighting for tax cuts to help families lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“If we invest in innovation, we can add to our hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, solar, and battery jobs by creating new jobs in cutting-edge technologies like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy. We can pioneer innovative ways to streamline permitting processes without compromising the protection of our environment — so that Texas can lead in increasing energy supply and driving down costs.”View on their website ↗
Help homes and buildings upgrade to cut energy bills
4 members“Introduced legislation to reduce energy costs and accelerate the transition to clean energy in buildings, including: The Better Buildings Act, to cut fossil fuel dependence in new construction. The G.R.E.E.N. Act, creating a no-interest clean energy loan program to help nonprofits lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“We will anchor it in massive investment in solar, wind, and battery storage, a modernized smart grid, and the energy efficiency upgrades that put money back in families’ pockets.”View on their website ↗
“Sean helped pass HB5028, a bill which removed homeowners associations’ abilities to restrict Michiganders ability to upgrade their homes to lower their energy bills.”View on their website ↗
“So we need to pursue true energy independence and develop more homegrown, clean sources of energy. We’re beginning to do that as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, tax credits for businesses to install rooftop solar, tax credits for homes to install heat pumps and be more energy efficient and lower bills, and so that absolutely should be a priority.”View on their website ↗
“That is why he secured federal funding to bolster clean energy in New Hampshire, build out EV charging infrastructure, and help families weatherize their homes and invest in alternative energies that keep their costs down.”View on their website ↗
Reverse recent federal actions that made energy less affordable
4 members“End self-destructive tariffs and unnecessary wars, which are driving up energy costs and hurting our ability to add energy capacity. Washington has repeatedly taken actions that directly increase costs and reduce affordability for Kansas families. When Washington imposes sweeping tariff taxes without a vote, the bill lands on Kansas farmers, manufacturers, and families in the form of higher prices on everything from equipment and fertilizer to groceries. The Constitution gives Congress responsibility over trade, and Congress should use it. Adam would prevent future administrations from harming Kansans by requiring congressional approval for new tariffs, and to publish the real cost to American families before those tariffs take effect. This is not a partisan idea. Kansas’s own Senator Jerry Moran has joined a bipartisan bill, the Trade Review Act, led by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, to require exactly that.”View on their website ↗
“End tariffs that are increasing the price of fuel, fertilizer, equipment, groceries, and everyday goods”View on their website ↗
“Bring down cost of fuel and fertilizer by ending the Iran War and the tariffs that are raising prices astronomically”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, I will serve as a check on Trump’s bad decisions that are costing our families, fight to repeal the tariffs, and reverse legislation and policy decisions that have increased energy costs.”View on their website ↗
“She will fight to reverse Trump-era rollbacks that weakened environmental protections and slowed progress toward cleaner, more affordable energy.”View on their website ↗
Speed up permits for new energy projects to lower costs
2 members“Andrews’ plan would also stop data centers from passing their costs onto South Carolina families, end special tax breaks for data centers, and cut red tape standing in the way of new energy infrastructure that can help bring costs down.”View on their website ↗
“If we invest in innovation, we can add to our hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, solar, and battery jobs by creating new jobs in cutting-edge technologies like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy. We can pioneer innovative ways to streamline permitting processes without compromising the protection of our environment — so that Texas can lead in increasing energy supply and driving down costs.”View on their website ↗
Pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy to lower costs
2 members“We need a comprehensive, all of the above strategy that creates jobs and increases energy independence while bringing down costs for consumers today.”View on their website ↗
“Chris supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy to meet the needs of Granite Staters, lower costs, and ensure America can become truly energy independent.”View on their website ↗
Pause new data centers until they can't drive up energy costs
2 members“Support a national moratorium on the construction of new data centers while lawmakers ensure they will not destroy our environment or spike costs.”View on their website ↗
“Stop data center expansion without safeguards. Claire will fight to put a moratorium on AI data center expansion. Claire will cosponsor the proposed bill from Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez that would place a moratorium on new data center development contingent on several safeguards being in place, including worker protections related to job displacement, effects on energy prices, and climate impacts.”View on their website ↗
Raised the issue without a specific call
3 members“That same imbalance is exactly what leaves rural communities without quality healthcare or reliable infrastructure. And it's what makes it harder every month to afford food, gas, and a place to live.”View on their website ↗
“I would vote to end the war in Iran. It’s costing Minnesota families billions and jacking up gas and fertilizer prices when we should be addressing problems here at home.”View on their website ↗
“The people growing our food shouldn't have to worry about whether politicians are going to impose tariffs, cut rural health care, or start a war that sends diesel and fertilizer prices through the roof.”View on their website ↗
“I’ll vote to end the massive tariffs and Iran War driving up the price of groceries, gas, and fertilizer.”View on their website ↗
“Data centers threaten to drive up energy bills for working families and businesses.”View on their website ↗
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