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Trumps Vow to Cut Electricity Prices Falls Flat
September 4, 2025 at 7:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 53 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/04/trumps-vow-to-cut-electricity-prices-falls-flat/
On the campaign trail last summer, President Donald Trump promised to swiftly cut electricity and energy prices in half if voters returned him to the White House, CNN reports.
Said Trump: We intend to slash prices by half within 12 months, maximum of 18 months. You will never have had energy so low as you will under a certain gentleman known as Donald J. Trump.
Although gasoline prices have been low during the first year of Trumps second term, electricity costs are rising uncomfortably fast for a variety of factors, including the insatiable power needs of massive data centers that serve as the backbone of the artificial intelligence boom.
As of the end of July, electricity prices had surged 5.5% over the prior 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thats just over twice the pace of overall inflation, which remains elevated despite Trumps promises to make prices tumble.

underpants
(193,097 posts)applegrove
(128,272 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(34,128 posts)Documents about the Epstein case or about Adam Schiff with mortgage fraud, all of it lies and false of course but the things he cant control are things like prices and actual physical outcomes of his stupidity like the terrific damage to everything from the tariffs.
Midnight Writer
(24,733 posts)Where is that happening? It sure ain't around here.
I paid 4.09 yesterday.
modrepub
(3,928 posts)looking out the window to see if it's raining. Better just restate talking points than do a little research.
Number9Dream
(1,836 posts)Ritabert
(1,658 posts)Rebl2
(16,987 posts)Happening where I live! My electric company just got approved to boost how much we pay so they can continue, without government subsidies, clean energy projects. I suppose thats not a bad thing, but hard on retired people.
BoRaGard
(7,586 posts)shows that the gop thinks Americans are "suckers and losers" - and that they can lie to us with impunity
this shall not stand.
bucolic_frolic
(52,431 posts)When did his staff start writing the checks?
Johonny
(24,685 posts)Probably give it the medal of freedom
progressoid
(51,971 posts)Blue Full Moon
(2,877 posts)southmost
(828 posts)also the prices will spike as soon as we get a gulf hurricane
OldBaldy1701E
(9,081 posts)We have the tech to allow each home to make its own power, certainly enough to run the home and recharge a few vehicles.
(BTW, I am not talking about residences that are built to allow for home run businesses. Just residences that are solely for living and are not feasible as far as trying to create such a thing.)
It'$ a my$tery to my$elf that I $uppo$e I will never under$tand. $imply put, $cience has not yet managed to $urpass greed in our $ocietal motivation$, at lea$t in my e$timation$.
liberalgunwilltravel
(914 posts)MAGAts understand what percentages are?
Mblaze
(770 posts)Have been low-er, low-ish.... still high.
thought crime
(797 posts)Floating Offshore Wind Turbines generating hydrogen from raw sea-water (latest technology in China).