Democrats Sue to Raise Your Electric Bill

In late September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed onerous Biden-era greenhouse gas standards for existing power plants to comply with the Supreme Court’s recent West Virginia v. EPA and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decisions, which concluded that the agency lacked the legal authority to shut down existing power plants to prevent greenhouse gas emissions. This move will save American ratepayers an estimated $680 billion in what is arguably one of the most significant deregulatory actions in U.S. history. It’s estimated that the average American’s power bill will drop by about 6 percent, according to EPA’s regulatory impact analysis. For a household using around the national average of 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month, that amounts to around $8 every billing cycle, which adds up fast.

But Democrats want those prices to rise, ostensibly in the name of fighting global warming — just in time for the midterms.