The Energy Affordability Agenda
Pennsylvania has an energy crisis—and Pennsylvania residents are paying the price.
Every month, Pennsylvanians open their utility bills and feel it: electricity costs are rising, household budgets are stretched thin, and relief is nowhere in sight.
We're in this crisis because Pennsylvania has clung to coal, oil, and gas – outdated, fossil fuels that are getting more expensive and less reliable by the day. Data centers now threaten to drive energy costs even higher. Meanwhile, Pennsylvanians are asking why cheap, clean, fast-to-deploy renewables are being left out of the conversation.
PennFuture & Conservation Voters of PA teamed up to put out an Energy Affordability Agenda that directs our state leaders to solutions that will lower our energy bills for Pennsylvanians like you.
The Agenda Energy Affordability Agenda
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Energy affordability is a justice issue. At Hope Station, we work with individuals and families who are directly impacted by rising utility costs and energy insecurity.
Pennsylvania’s Energy Affordability Agenda recognizes this reality and offers real solutions that protect vulnerable households while building a more stable, affordable energy system for everyone. We’re proud to stand behind this effort.
— Hope Station
Affordable, predictable energy isn’t a nice-to-have for businesses - it’s a necessity! Especially in an economy where margins are already tight.
Energy affordability helps gives businesses the stability they need to stay competitive, keep prices reasonable for customers, and reinvest in their workers and communities, all while supporting long-term, sustainable growth.
— Pennsylvania Sustainable Business Network
Pennsylvania has always been a leader in energy production. Texas is now the leader in both wind and solar energy production in the U.S., while PA struggles to shed its dependency on fossil fuels.
Now is the time for Pennsylvania to show it can honor our constitutional amendment for clean air and defend its citizens from the harm of fossil fuels.
If Texas can do it, so can Pennsylvania.
— Bethlehem Environmental Advisory Council
For too long, communities have been left out of decisions that impact their energy affordability and accessibility.
The Energy Affordability Agenda is critical to make sure that utilities, large companies, and energy providers are increasing transparency and accountability, keeping our residents healthy and thriving, and ultimately make sure that communities are at the forefront of decisions that keep us all happy, healthy, and thriving.
— Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services
As nurses, we care for patients long before they enter a hospital and long after they return home.
Energy affordability matters because safe housing, heat, & electricity are essential to good health. Supporting fair energy costs helps keep families healthy and safe.
— Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environmen
Cumberland Valley Rising engages in and supports urgent attention focusing on climate change. Of particular concern is the recent spike in energy consumption, exacerbated by the rapid construction of data centers on farmland and other greenspace.
We applaud the efforts to champion legislation to regulate them, protect non-corporate consumers, and preserve clean water and air.
— Cumberland Valley Rising
We elected legislators to support the health and well-being of our watersheds and the Pennsylvania residents who live in these areas. Pennsylvania residents do not consent to their tax dollars being used to subsidize the efforts of technology tycoons & the petrochemical industry to extract more natural gas for the construction of AI data centers.
These activities increase the wealth gap, all while we face rising costs for water, wastewater, electricity, gas, groceries, and healthcare.
— Move Past Plastic (MPP)
Videos
Watch our videos to see how we break down our immediate, short-term, and long-term energy affordability solutions!
