https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/25/gavin-newsom-rising-energy-prices-california-trump/
By AUDREY STREB
Excerpt:
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom doubled down on attributing rising energy costs to President Donald Trump on Saturday, though energy sector experts pointed out that ratepayers in his state pay some of the highest electricity prices in the country.
Newsom wrote Saturday on X that electricity costs have climbed 10% since January, referencing a screengrab of a Forbes article linking some of Trump’s policies to the rate increase. California has some of the highest energy costs in the U.S., driven by Newsom’s aggressive green energy policies, several energy policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The only politicians responsible for California’s outrageous electricity prices are California Democrats, led by Gavin Newsom. California has loaded up its grid with pointlessly expensive wind, solar and batteries, and simultaneously burdening it with silly EVs [electric vehicles] and other electrification,” Steve Milloy, Energy and Environment Legal Institute senior fellow and former Trump Environmental Protection Agency transition team member, told the DCNF. “California Democrats have also virtually chased the coal, oil and gas and nuclear industries out of California. When the California grid finally collapses, Californians will wish high prices were their only problem.” (RELATED: Newsom Claims Trump Will Supercharge Electricity Prices As His Own Ratepayers Get Crushed)
Electricity prices have gone up 10% since January.
Great work, @realDonaldTrump!! pic.twitter.com/msCp3UdgRm
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 23, 2025
“Electricity prices have gone up 10% since January,” Newsom wrote Saturday. “Great work, President Donald Trump!!”
Golden State residents pay the second-highest electricity costs in the nation behind Hawaii, according to one estimate from California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). The national average for electricity cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) was ¢12.68 in 2023, while Californians paid ¢24.87 per kWh, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
California has set aggressive green energy targets, with Newsom aiming to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 85% and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Stringent emissions goals and other state pushes for green initiatives are projected to cost Californians between $17,398 and $20,182 from 2025 to 2050, according to one analysis by the Pacific Research Institute.
