In a stunning statement last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Republicans are “going to get blamed ” for soaring energy prices. I hope he’s right.

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to cut Americans’ energy costs in half by the end of his first year in office. Instead, Americans' energy costs are skyrocketing.

As a result, millions of Americans are sweating through heatwaves and opening electricity bills that feel just as scorching. It’s what I call a “heatwave economy,” in which extreme heat collides with corporate-driven utility price spikes, and working families foot the bill while trillion-dollar tech companies profit.

Across 13 states , residential customers are seeing their electricity prices rise by $17 to $27 per month. That’s more than

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