Issue: Economic Impacts

An interactive map of electricity prices across the US. Includes breakdowns over time (since 2020) and by Congressional district, county, ZIP, and utility.

Our quarterly Clean Energy Deep Dive will explore organizing strategies and winning impactful clean energy solutions, with guests from Ohio Organizing Collaborative and Illinois Environmental Council.

Skyrocketing gas prices, which have surged more than 60 cents per gallon since the start of the war with Iran, have ironically created a direct opening to reframe clean cars and EVs, as well as federal policy investments in them, as an economic and energy security imperative, not just a climate or environmental solution. Provides talking points, LTE, and social media guidance to hold the administration, and especially EPA and NHTSA, accountable for boxing us into this inescapable price volatility, while pivoting to the solution (i.e., that clean vehicles and especially those that run on stable, American-made electricity, structurally insulate drivers from global oil market chaos).

To support grid reliability and affordability communications in the Iran war or broader
geopolitical context, the Reliable Grid Project (RGP) offers messaging research,
resources, and guidance.

Electricity bills have joined groceries, housing, and health care as a top tier issue in the affordability crisis. Voters broadly support clean energy and view it as one of the few solutions to help lower energy costs.