{"id":1056753,"date":"2025-10-27T09:02:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056753"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:03:19","slug":"fact-check-donald-trumps-policies-are-raising-utility-costs-in-new-jersey-and-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-donald-trumps-policies-are-raising-utility-costs-in-new-jersey-and-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Donald Trump\u2019s Policies Are Raising Utility Costs in New Jersey and Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Republicans see warning signs across New Jersey and Virginia, Donald Trump took to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/juliamanch\/status\/1981083971959046214?s=46&amp;t=_uKwMhsgt6Ebkxgn31md2g\">Truth Social<\/a> to try to lie about his toxic agenda, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/juliamanch\/status\/1981083971959046214?s=46&amp;t=_uKwMhsgt6Ebkxgn31md2g\">saying<\/a>, \u201cA REPUBLICAN VOTE MEANS A DRASTIC DROP IN ENERGY PRICES.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact: <\/strong>Despite Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-wildwood-new-jersey-may-11-2024\/\">promise<\/a> to lower energy costs on \u201cDay One,\u201d energy costs have spiked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/data\/browser\/#\/topic\/7?agg=0,1&amp;geo=vvvvvvvvvvvvo&amp;endsec=vg&amp;linechart=ELEC.PRICE.TX-ALL.M~ELEC.PRICE.TX-RES.M~ELEC.PRICE.TX-COM.M~ELEC.PRICE.TX-IND.M&amp;columnchart=ELEC.PRICE.TX-ALL.M~ELEC.PRICE.TX-RES.M~ELEC.PRICE.TX-COM.M~ELEC.PRICE.TX-IND.M&amp;map=ELEC.PRICE.US-ALL.M&amp;freq=M&amp;start=200101&amp;end=202508&amp;ctype=map&amp;ltype=pin&amp;rtype=s&amp;maptype=0&amp;rse=0&amp;pin=ELEC.PRICE.NJ-ALL.M~ELEC.PRICE.NJ-RES.M~ELEC.PRICE.NJ-COM.M~ELEC.PRICE.NJ-IND.M~ELEC.PRICE.NJ-TRA.M~ELEC.PRICE.NJ-OTH.M\">27%<\/a> since he took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact: <\/strong>Trump\u2019s One Big Ugly Bill, which Jack Ciattarelli and Winsome Earle-Sears both support, will raise <a href=\"https:\/\/energyinnovation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/OBBBA-impacts-on-New-Jersey.pdf\">New Jersey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/energyinnovation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/OBBBA-impacts-on-Virginia.pdf\">Virginia<\/a> families\u2019 energy bills by hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact: <\/strong>Contrary to Trump\u2019s false claims, more clean energy production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/07\/green-electricity-costs-cheap-trump-00594123\">lowers utility costs<\/a>. (Supply and demand 101)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom Line: <\/strong>While their opponents support Trump\u2019s energy price hikes, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger will lower energy costs for hard-working families. Sherrill will declare a <a href=\"https:\/\/mikiesherrill.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f1899c1a0d8e21a2f6dc70bf9&amp;id=f80cdb376f&amp;e=2f10c6c10c\">state of emergency on utility costs on Day One<\/a>, and Spanberger has a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/abigailspanberger.com\/new-spanberger-announces-plan-to-lower-virginians-energy-costs-continues-focus-on-making-virginia-more-affordable\/\">lower energy bills<\/a> and make Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/abigailspanberger.com\/new-spanberger-announces-plan-to-lower-virginians-energy-costs-continues-focus-on-making-virginia-more-affordable\/\">more energy independent.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Republicans see warning signs across New Jersey and Virginia, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to try to lie about his toxic agenda, saying, \u201cA REPUBLICAN VOTE MEANS A DRASTIC DROP IN ENERGY PRICES.\u201d&nbsp; Fact: Despite Trump\u2019s promise to lower energy costs on \u201cDay One,\u201d energy costs have spiked by 27% since he took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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