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Trump attacks on clean energy mean higher utility bills in Michigan, advocates warn

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Dingell at clean energy rollback press conference
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, warns the Trump administration’s rollback of support for clean energy is raising utility bills in Michigan during a press conference at Veterans Memorial Park in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Dingell was joined by state and city officials as well as nonprofit leaders who bemoaned the loss of funding for solar installations and other cuts.Lucas Smolcic Larson | MLive.com

ANN ARBOR, MI — The cascading effects of Trump administration attacks on clean energy and climate action will burden utility bills in Michigan, some Democrats, officials and advocates are warning.

“Michigan families are going to see, I want to be really clear, higher utility bills because of these policies at a time when energy prices are skyrocketing,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, on Thursday, Aug. 21.

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