Electricity is not optional. It is a bill families cannot escape. Prices are climbing, and the cause is not mysterious: When politicians replace markets with mandates, consumers pay more.

President Trump has been clear about this fight. He says his administration seeks “not only American energy independence but American energy dominance.” That vision of abundance, lower costs, and national strength is being vindicated by today’s soaring power bills.

The recent Energy Affordability Report from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) lays it out in plain numbers. States that impose Renewable Portfolio Standards, join cap-and-trade programs like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, mandate net metering, or force utilities into Energy Efficiency Resource Standards have some of the highest electricity prices in America. These policies are not about saving the planet. They are about control. The people paying for that control are ordinary Americans opening utility bills they can barely afford.

Renewable Portfolio Standards sound noble. In reality, they force utilities to buy unreliable energy and to build costly backup systems to keep the lights on when the wind does not blow and the sun does not........

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