Since returning to office, Donald Trump has taken a series of deliberate actions that are driving up energy costs for American families. He’s frozen clean energy investments and imposed a national tariff tax on energy imports. And most recently, House Republicans passed Trump’s Big, Bad Billionaire Bill—a catastrophe in the making. The bill repeals the clean energy tax credits fueling America’s manufacturing boom and slashing household energy costs. It’s a shameless grift, ripping money from working families to bankroll tax giveaways for billionaires and corporate polluters. If it becomes law, families will pay the price: electricity bills will rise by more than $110 next year, and by nearly $300 within a decade.
And that’s only part of the story. Trump’s broader so-called “energy dominance” agenda continues to destabilize markets, disrupt clean energy progress, and drive up costs. Since then, despite mounting evidence that his policies are hitting working families with higher energy bills, Trump has doubled down.
Below is a breakdown of actions Trump has taken, starting from the most recent and going back to January 2025 when he first took office, along with their impact on everyday Americans’ wallets: