Climate Change
Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump
As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates.
Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump