FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2025
Contact: jin.choi@mail.house.gov
Rep. Barragán Introduces the Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (CA-44) introduced the Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act, legislation to reverse the Department of Energy’s action that announced the mass termination of clean energy awards on October 1, 2025. The cancellations, which target Democrat-led states, are a blatantly partisan and illegal attempt by Donald Trump to go after Democrat-led states during the Republicans’ government shutdown.
The bill would reinstate all financial assistance awards terminated by the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Trump Administration’s political purge of over 300 clean energy projects. These cancellations total more than $7.5 billion in funding that was lawfully approved by Congress and threaten thousands of jobs across the country.
“Trump’s Administration is gutting clean energy projects, eliminating good-paying jobs, and driving up electricity costs for families already struggling with higher bills,” said Rep. Barragán. “Electricity prices have already soared this year from the Administration’s attacks on clean energy. Instead of working to lower costs, this Administration is pulling the plug on projects that would deliver cheaper, cleaner power for households. This is a direct attack on working American families and our clean energy future.”
The bill responds directly to DOE’s October 1st action, which terminated funding for projects across 16 states — including grid reliability and modernization initiatives, solar energy development, advanced battery technologies, major hydrogen hubs, and university-led research and innovation programs.
Among the projects targeted is the ARCHES Hydrogen Hub in California, an initiative for clean hydrogen development that was expected to create thousands of union jobs and reduce pollution from the Port of Los Angeles.
The Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act ensures that all awards terminated are fully reinstated and treated as if the cancellations never occurred.
The bill is cosponsored by Representatives Sarah Elfreth (Md.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), Yassamin Ansari (Ariz.), Emily Randall (Wash.), Derek Tran (Calif.), Judy Chu (Calif.), Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.), John Garamendi (Calif.), Lori Trahan (Mass.), Dianna DeGette (Colo.), Andrea Salinas (Ore.), Val Hoyle (Ore.), Troy Carter (La.), Luz Rivas (Calif.), Janelle Bynum (Ore.), Dan Goldman (N.Y.), April McClain Delaney (Md.), Rick Larsen (Wash.), Scott Peters (Calif.), Paul Tonko (N.Y.), Julia Brownley (Calif.), Andre Carson (Ind.), Sarah McBride (Del.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Nydia Velazquez (N.Y.), Jim Costa (Calif.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Cleo Fields (La.), Leger Fernandez (N.M.), Mullin (Calif.), Lofgren (Calif.), DelBene (Wash.), Sherman (Calif.), Ross (N.C.), Kathy Castor (Fla.), and George Whitesides (Calif.).
The bill text can be found HERE.
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