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December 19, 2025

PENNSYLVANIA - As we officially enter winter this weekend, Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth are struggling with high energy costs thanks in part to the repeal of clean energy tax credits in the Republican Tax Law this summer. These cuts will bring higher home energy costs, increase the cost of gas, and lead to 760,000 job losses nationwide.

Clean energy subsidies help to lower electricity and gas prices, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and expand U.S. energy independence. Congressmen Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry’s votes to repeal these tax credits will raise energy prices, shut down energy production facilities, and reduce energy supply. In Pennsylvania, experts found that average annual electricity costs would increase by $93 for households and 10 percent for businesses in 2026, the average household would spend $582 more on gasoline annually by 2035, and 6,845 jobs would be at risk.

Read more about how the Republican Taw Law is hitting PA with higher energy costs:

• CAP: Pennsylvania Families’ Cost of Living Would Increase Under House Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act

• WHYY: Power prices are expected to soar under new tax cut and spending law

• Energy Innovation: Economic Impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions on Pennsylvania