High electricity bills are the result of government green energy plans.
Electricity bills have risen 47% faster than CPI in the past 12 monthsnearly 24% overall since the Biden-Harris administration took office.1 [When Joe Biden took office in Jan 2021, the monthly average for residential electricity was 12.62 per kilowatt-hour. As of April 2024, the average was 16.88. That’s a 33.77% increase. —CCD Ed.]
As Americans grapple with rising summer electricity bills, it’s important to know This fight is 100% unnecessary and 100% preventable.
High electricity bills are Results of government-specified programs— such as the recent Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) —Building massive, wasteful, unreliable solar and wind infrastructure.2
Although rising electricity prices look bad, since We also pay huge IRA subsidies through taxes and inflation Won't show up on our utility bill.
Since solar and wind energy can be close to zero at any given time, they will not replace reliable power plants—They increase the cost of reliable power plants.
This is why electricity prices are rising The cost of natural gas, our main source of electricity, has dropped significantly.3
The solution to high electricity bills is End all preference for unreliable electricity.
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