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Electricity costs are climbing nearly everywhere in the United States. But, in recent months, the Trump administration has framed the problem as one impacting only blue states.
While several blue states like California, Massachusetts and Hawaii do indeed have some of the highest electricity rates in the country, federal data shows that electricity prices are now increasing in every corner of the US. In fact, some of the highest jumps since last year came from purple Pennsylvania and red Ohio.
Despite the framing of high energy prices as a policy choice of blue states pursuing wind and solar, there are a lot more factors at play. Experts told CNN costs are going up in red and blue states alike and are not tied to voting patterns. And plenty of red states (Texas chief among them) have installed far more renewables than many of their blue counterparts.
Residential electricity prices across the US have climbed about 40% since 2021, according to data from nonprofit utility group PowerLines.
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📸: Kevin Carter/Getty Images; Carolyn Kaster/AP; Graphics by Matt Stiles, CNN
