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  "description": "Colorado households saw electricity costs rise 6.6% in 2025 as rates increased nationwide. A new report highlights rising energy prices across most states, adding pressure on families already facing higher fuel and utility costs.",
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  "textContent": "by Ashley Murray, Colorado Newsline\n\nElectricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report released by Democrats Tuesday.\n\nMinority members of the Joint Economic Committee released state-by-state figures from monthly utility bill data showing, on average, American households paid roughly $110, or 6.4%, more for electricity in 2025, compared to 2024.\n\nThe analysis came amid other gloomy economic headlines, including a steep increase in gasoline prices since the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran began, and a lousy jobs report last month.\n\nStates that saw the highest spikes included New Jersey, 16.9%; Indiana, 16.3%; Illinois, 15.9%; Pennsylvania, 12.1%; Kentucky, 11.8%; Maryland, 11.6%; Tennessee, 11.6%; New York, 11.4%; Ohio, 11.1%; Missouri, 11%; Maine, 10.6%; and Washington state, 10.3%.\n\nEnergy costs in Colorado last year went up 6.6% — or $80 — for an average household, according to a new congressional report.\n\nThe District of Columbia topped the list with an increase of 23.5%, according to the two-page report.\n\nRates dropped by 18% in Nevada, 3.1% in California, 2.4% in Hawaii and 1.6 % in Arizona.\n\n#### Campaign pledge\n\nDemocrats on the committee pointed to President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to slash electricity costs, among other prices, by half.\n\nAffordability is a key issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November that will determine control of Congress. Trump has repeatedly referred to the issue of affordability as a “hoax.”\n\n“American families don’t need a report to tell them that the President has broken his campaign promise to slash energy costs; they already feel the impact of President Trump’s actions every single day. But this report is yet another indication that sky-high costs are continuing to rise — and are continuing to hurt American families,” the committee’s ranking member, Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., said in a statement.\n\nThe committee pulled the electricity bill data from the federal Energy Information Administration.\n\nAs of December, the majority, by far, of electricity in the United States is generated by natural gas. Next in generation are nuclear power and coal, followed by wind, conventional hydroelectric and solar, according to the Energy Information Administration.\n\nExperts and economists challenged Trump’s campaign promise to cut domestic energy costs by expanding U.S. drilling, highlighting petroleum is priced on a global, not local, market, as noted in an October 2024 report by FactCheck.org.\n\nTrump recently gathered tech CEOs in the Oval Office to sign a symbolic “ratepayer protection pledge” meant to combat rising energy costs due to AI data center demand.\n\n“It’s a big deal; it’s going to have a tremendous impact on electricity costs… Under this new agreement, Big Tech companies are committing to fully cover the cost of increased electricity production required for AI data centers — and that would mean prices for American communities will not go up, but in many cases, will actually come down,” Trump said.\n\n#### Gasoline prices, too\n\nThe Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 4.8% increase in electricity costs over the past 12 months, according to the consumer price index for February. The report showed energy services overall rose 6.3% year over year as piped gas utility costs spiked 10.3% since February 2025.\n\nExpenses overall rose 2.4% over the past year, according to the latest figures, continuing to exceed the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.\n\nBut nowhere has a price increase been more noticeable in recent days than at the gas pump.\n\nGas prices nationwide averaged just under $3.72 Monday — that’s up from $2.93 one month ago, according to AAA.\n\nRoughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum products have been choked off as Iran continues to effectively close the Strait of Hormuz with threats to shell any oil tankers passing through, except for a few negotiated trips.\n\nThe U.S.-Israeli war in Iran began Feb. 28.\n\nColorado Newsline is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Colorado Newsline maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Quentin Young for questions: info@coloradonewsline.com.",
  "title": "Colorado Residents See Higher Electric Bills as U.S. Energy Costs Climb in 2025",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-18T22:10:16.023Z"
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