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Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality

Costs rose due to aging infrastructure, volatile natural gas prices, and surging demand from data centers, with utilities seeking $31 billion in rate hikes for 2025, PowerLines reported.

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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Electricity costs are climbing nearly everywhere in the United States. But, in recent months, the Trump administration has framed the problem as one impacting only blue states. While several blue states like California, Massachusetts and Hawaii do indeed have some of the highest electricity rates in the country, federal data shows that electricity prices are now increasing in every corner of the US. In fact, some of t…

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Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality

In recent months, the Trump administration has framed high energy costs as a problem impacting only blue states. But the truth is electricity prices are rising nationwide and experts say some Trump policies could hoist them further still.

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