Electricity Prices Rise, Wind Blamed

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After decades of stable electricity prices, U.S. rates have risen by one-third over the past four years .

Aaron Carroll : Fossil fuel lobby and some politicians are exploiting the opportunity to falsely place the blame on clean energy sources.

Carroll: Electricity prices have generally increased for the same reason as everything else inflation.

He says the most expensive rate increases happened in states with more fossil-fueled power plants.

California utilities have been forced to fund wildfire risk insurance pools, wildfire prevention measures, improved power grid resilience.

Research has shown that climate change is a wildfire “threat multiplier” that has doubled the area burned by California wildfires over the past 30 years .

Wind and solar energy are solutions to, not causes of, rising electricity prices.

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