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The President's plan to lower our energy costs: "I don't give a damn. We're making a freaking fortune"

Data centers are coming to Wisconsin, and they’ll need a lot of new power. So how do we bring energy costs down for families? That was front and center at last night’s #WIGov debate. The answer isn’t aging coal or costly new gas plants. It’s clean energy, the cheapest new power we can build.

Families are struggling with home energy bills and need solutions now. But outdated electricity rates are overcharging customers who use efficient heat pumps--$359/yr for BGE customers. Fairer rates would save people real $$. www.evergreencollaborative.com/policy-hub/m...

Fun fact: your utility can charge you for the cost of arguing for its own rate hike. @climatetown.bsky.social explains why your power bill is broken: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fDG...

Price transparency can help make electric trucks more affordable. ⚡🚛 www.evergreencollaborative.com/policy-hub/c... 1/3

Americans expect the President to protect them. Instead, Trump and his corrupt administration have sold us out, just to line the pockets of their corporate polluter buddies. The rich get richer, we pay for it.

Today, SEEC Members highlighted the more than 800 policy ideas in the newly released Thriving Economy Project report that will address the unique set of challenges facing American families and businesses today and help usher in a cleaner, safer, and thriving American economy.

“American families will pay the price of this rollback in dirtier air and higher health care bills, while Trump’s fossil fuel donors rake in higher and higher profits," said Evergreen's VP for Policy @petewyckoff.bsky.social

IT'S EVEN WORSE. Trump's EPA is trying to abandon its responsibility to regulate climate pollution altogether. They want to permanently rig the system in favor of corruption and pollution.

Two years ago, Trump made a similar promise: he would cut our energy prices in half within one year. Instead, electricity prices are up 15% and gas is still $4.25, all while his fossil fuel buddies get richer. Americans are tired of being lied to.

The most corrupt president in history thinks you are stupid, poor, and unpatriotic if you don't support his sons' business.

Our president is willing to make us pay more for energy so that his wealthy allies can profit. We deserve a real strategy for bringing energy prices down, not blatant corruption in the halls of power. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump's corruption 📈 Our money 📉 buff.ly/HEhFjol

“These recommendations cannot be treated as just suggestions – it’s on the Legislature and MPSC to work together with urgency,” said @courtbrady.bsky.social, Midwest Director for Evergreen Action. buff.ly/7QRA5e3

JOB ALERT! @evergreenaction.bsky.social is hiring for the Midwest Regional Advocate (Michigan) position. For more details, please check out Jobsthatareleft.org and GAINPower.org. #NowHiring. open.substack.com/pub/jobsthat...

David Crowley just won the Dem primary for Governor of Wisconsin. Why it matters for your power bill: he backs utility accountability, fair data center costs, and clean energy investment. www.evergreenaction.com/news/crowley...

“The regulatory monopoly that utilities have is a political creation made by elected officials. It is well within the authority of those same elected officials to look at whether that model is delivering the outcome they want.” – Evergreen's Eric Miller heatmap.news/politics/spa...

“I certainly wouldn’t call it a breakup over the [climate law]. I see this a bit as a spat, someone sleeping on the couch, but definitely not a divorce. So there is a way back,” said Eric Miller, Evergreen's Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Director. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

“We shouldn’t be surprised that the same companies that struck a $1bn quid pro quo to help elect Trump in exchange for delivering on their policy wishlist are now cashing in on his anti-consumer agenda,” said @lenamdc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This court order is a crucial check on the Trump Administration’s abuse of power. At a time when Americans are paying record-high gas prices and utility bills, the last thing they need is their government using bureaucratic roadblocks to keep affordable energy off the grid.

Evergreen Collaborative's @lenamdc.bsky.social joined 13 News Now to talk about what's behind an issue Virginians are all too familiar with - sky high power bills.

Electricity bills spiked 10% last year — 20% in some states. Three culprits: Big Tech data centers straining the grid, monopoly utilities pocketing record profits, and over-reliance on volatile gas. States have the tools to fight back. Here's how 👇 www.evergreencollaborative.com/news/clean-e...

Transportation is the 2nd-largest expense for most households — and the average family spends more on gasoline than on home gas + electricity combined. States can drive down costs by making EVs more accessible, building near transit, and funding transit reliably. New 👇

Housing costs and energy costs aren't two separate problems. They're one. 42 million households spend more than 30% of income on housing—and the homes they can afford are usually the most expensive to heat and cool. New from Evergreen Collaborative: how states can tackle both at once.

Wisconsin electric bills are up more than 20% in five years. Data centers will make it worse. Clean energy requirements can protect families.

Affordability vs. climate is a false choice, and 11 states are already proving it. Cheaper power. More homes. Cheaper ways to get around. Less pollution. New from Evergreen Collaborative, a cross-state playbook for legislators, govs, and regulators: 🔗

"We pay more, Republicans rubber-stamp it, and Trump's donors walk off with the bag." — @govjayinslee.bsky.social The Trump energy plan: — $2.7B paid to wind companies to not build — $1.13B poured into coal — Will cost ratepayers $3.12B+ by 2028 — Coal generation costs 28% more than it did in 2021

Wisconsin regulators say electricity demand could jump 40% by 2032, mostly to power Big Tech data centers. To meet it, Wisconsin needs to ramp up the cheapest, quickest sources to deploy: wind and solar paired with battery storage. www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/ar...