2025: Zach Nunn Voted To Increase Iowans’ Energy Costs By $350 A Year While Voting For Deep Cuts To A Program To Help Iowans Afford Their Energy Bills

July 2025: Nunn Voted For The Final Passage Of The Big Beautiful Bill, Which Was Projected To Increase Iowans’ Energy Costs By $350 A Year

July 3, 2025: Nunn Voted For The Final Passage Of The Big Beautiful Bill. On July 3, 2025, Representative Zach Nunn voted for: “Motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill that would permanently extend nearly $4 trillion in expiring individual and business tax cuts, create several new tax breaks and fund border and immigration enforcement and air traffic control upgrades. It would cut Medicaid and other safety net programs to partly offset the cost. Among other provisions, it would raise the statutory debt ceiling by $5 trillion and appropriate more than $448 billion in mandatory funding for Trump administration priorities and other needs, including $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and $89.5 billion for border control and security. It also would increase the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000 annually for five years for households making up to $500,000 a year until 2030, when it would permanently revert to $10,000.” Motion agreed to 218-214. [H.R.1, Vote #190, 7/3/25; CQ, 7/3/25]

• CNBC: “Electricity Prices Are Expected To Surge Higher Throughout The Next Decade Due To Energy Policy Changes In President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’” “Electricity prices are expected to surge higher throughout the next decade due to energy policy changes in President Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill, according to a new analysis from Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate think tank. Signed July 4, the bill mandates expanded oil and gas leasing, caps clean energy subsidies and rolls back tax credits that helped to make wind, solar and other clean power cheaper for manufacturers and more affordable for consumers, says Robbie Orvis, senior director for modeling and analysis at Energy Innovation.” [CNBC, 7/14/25]
• Des Moines Register: Iowans’ Energy Bills Were Projected To Increase By $350 A Year Because Of The Big Beautiful Bill. “Iowans will progressively pay more for electricity and gas due to the One Big Beautiful Bill's implications on the energy sector. At first, household electricity and gas bills will increase annually by an estimated $100 at the end of the decade.” [Des Moines Register, 7/22/25]

September 2025: Nunn Voted For A Bill That Included “Deep Cuts” To Programs That Helped Reduce Utility Costs September 2025: Nunn Voted For The FY2026 Energy-Water Appropriations Bill, Which Faced Bipartisan Opposition

September 2025: Nunn Voted For H.R. 4553, The Energy-Water Appropriations Bill For FY2026. On September 4, 2025, Zach Nunn voted for: “Passage of the bill, as amended, that would provide a net total of $61 billion in discretionary funding for the Energy Department, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation and related agencies — including $57.3 billion subject to the measure's discretionary allocation and $3.5 billion from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that would not count against discretionary limits. The bill would provide $25.3 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration, an increase of $1.2 billion above the fiscal 2025 enacted level. This would include $20.7 billion for weapons activities and $2 billion for defense nuclear nonproliferation. It also would provide $2.2 billion for naval reactors, including Columbia-class submarine reactor development and the Spent Fuel Handling Facility project. It would provide $8.4 billion for the Energy Department's Office of Science, and $1.8 billion for the Office of Nuclear Energy. The measure also would provide $7.7 billion for environmental management and cleanup activities, including the continued remediation of contamination during weapons production in the Cold War-era. The bill would provide $9.9 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Of that total, $6.1 billion would be for operations and maintenance of corps' water projects, and $2.6 billion would be for construction activities. It would specify that funds under the measure could only be used for projects that are authorized. The measure also includes several policy riders, including provisions to prohibit the use of funds for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and prohibit any discriminatory action against individuals advocating that marriage is between a man and a woman.” Passed 214-213. [H.R. 4553, Vote #239, 9/4/25; CQ, 9/4/25]

• Four Republican Members Of The House Of Representatives Voted Against The Energy-Water Appropriations Bill. [H.R. 4553, Vote #239, 9/4/25]

The Energy-Water Appropriations Bill Included “Deep Cuts” To Programs That Helped Reduce Families Utility Costs

Center For American Progress: The Energy-Water Appropriations Bill Included “Deep Cuts To Clean Energy And Energy Efficiency Programs That Help Reduce Utility Costs.” “Meanwhile, the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill, which passed committee on July 17, proposes deep cuts to clean energy and energy efficiency programs that help reduce utility costs for American families. This follows last month’s passage of the OBBBA, which is already projected to raise gasoline costs and household energy expenses as early as next year. The appropriations bill would slash funding for the DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program nearly in half. This includes funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program, which reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing their energy efficiency.” [Center for American Progress, 8/12/25]

• The Bill “Would Slash Funding … Nearly In Half” For The Department Of Energy’s “Energy Efficiency And Renewable Program.” “Meanwhile, the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill, which passed committee on July 17, proposes deep cuts to clean energy and energy efficiency programs that help reduce utility costs for American families. This follows last month’s passage of the OBBBA, which is already projected to raise gasoline costs and household energy expenses as early as next year. The appropriations bill would slash funding for the DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program nearly in half. This includes funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program, which reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing their energy efficiency.” [Center for American Progress, 8/12/25]
• The Bill Cut Funding For A Program That “Reduces Energy Costs For Low-Income Households.” “Meanwhile, the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill, which passed committee on July 17, proposes deep cuts to clean energy and energy efficiency programs that help reduce utility costs for American families. This follows last month’s passage of the OBBBA, which is already projected to raise gasoline costs and household energy expenses as early as next year. The appropriations bill would slash funding for the DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program

nearly in half. This includes funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program, which reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing their energy efficiency.” [Center for American Progress, 8/12/25]