Electric Bills Too High: Bad Energy Policy is To Blame

By Megan Martin

Hot enough for you? If this muggy Pennsylvania heat doesn’t have you sweating, your monthly electricity bills will.

Power usage surged during recent heat waves, pushing electricity demand “to its highest level in 14 years,” according to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. This power surge, the commission concluded, will “soon be reflected in monthly electric bills.”

Case in point: the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the multistate cap-and-trade compact that imposes a carbon tax on energy producers. In 2022, then-Governor Tom Wolf forced Pennsylvania into RGGI by unlawful unilateral executive actions. In the resulting litigation, the Commonwealth Court correctly ruled that RGGI’s carbon tax was unconstitutional because only the legislature can levy taxes. Gov. Josh Shapiro appealed the decision, plunging Pennsylvania’s energy sector into legal limbo.

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