Acadia Center's Anya Poplavska offered testimony on energy affordability at a roundtable with U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.); U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.); U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.); U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.); Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor under the Clinton administration; and experts on clean energy and utility services, discussing how the Trump administration’s policies have driven up energy prices for working families.

Acadia Center has deployed its research and analysis to shine a light on the true drivers of energy cost increases in recent months across the Northeast region (and beyond). The following fact sheets serve as resources summarizing these energy cost drivers across electricity and natural gas, and they address and debunk a number of erroneous claims often repeated about what policies, programs, and investments are responsible for recent price increases.

Acadia Center’s latest report highlights the essential contributions energy efficiency programs make to stabilizing costs, benefitting ratepayers, and diversifying the energy mix in seven states in the northeast. Check it out here!

By collaborating with policymakers, industry leaders, and grassroots organizations, Acadia Center creates pathways for innovative clean energy policies that benefit entire communities — especially those that have historically been left behind. But to continue on this path, we need your help to bridge these divides.