Energy efficiency rollbacks could cost Americans $43 billion in higher utility bills

Chris Wright, US Secretary of Energy, during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images

The Trump administration’s attempts to gut 12 energy efficiency standards could cost Americans billions of dollars in higher electricity bills. 

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it plans to rollback dozens of policies in what it called its “largest deregulatory...