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Arizona families are already struggling to pay their summer electricity bills – and David Schweikert, Eli Crane, and Juan Ciscomani voted to make rates even higher.
Schweikert, Crane, and Ciscomani’s Tax Scam “slash[es] development of new, low-cost wind and solar power” projects that have already brought “life-changing” jobs to the Copper State – all to pay for permanent tax breaks for billionaires. Families could see their electricity bills rise by $280 over the next decade because of Schweikert, Crane, and Ciscomani’s betrayal.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“David Schweikert, Eli Crane, and Juan Ciscomani made a deliberate choice to hike costs on families and kill jobs in Arizona so that billionaires could get a tax break. They betrayed Arizonans, and voters will hold them accountable in November 2026.”
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E&E News: Arizonans, buckling under high power bills, brace for megalaw
- Across the state, residents complain of high electricity prices, and the state has seen dozens of reports of people who have died in their homes because they either turned off air conditioning or set it to a dangerously high temperature to avoid expensive bills.
- The GOP megalaw signed by President Donald Trump last month is forecast to raise electricity prices by slashing development of new, low-cost wind and solar power and instead keeping aging coal and gas plants open.
- An analysis by Princeton University estimates that annual energy costs could increase an average of $165 per household by 2030 and $280 by 2035.
- Separate estimates by Energy Innovation forecast a 25 percent increase in wholesale electricity prices by 2030 compared to current policies, resulting in household electricity rates that are between 9 and 18 percent higher by 2035.
- Already the state’s largest electric utilities set peak demand records this summer. Arizona Public Service, the largest utility, says it could see peak demand jump 60 percent by 2038.
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