Statement of EDF Action President David Kieve
WASHINGTON, DC, January 15, 2026 – At the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s second term, the president has broken his promise to the American people to cut their electric bills in half, instead engineering a double-digit rise in energy costs by the end of 2025.
“A year into his second term, Donald Trump has utterly failed to deliver lower energy costs. Instead, he stopped homegrown clean energy projects, kept costlier, dirtier and less reliable coal plants online, and watched as electric bills spiked. Trump may shrug at the affordability crisis, but voters don’t.
“Trump’s agenda was already rejected in New Jersey and Virginia and in November 2026, all Americans will get the chance to deliver a clear verdict on policies that make pollution profitable and power bills more punishing.”
- David Kieve, president, EDF Action