Washington, DC: Today, the League of Conservation Voters is releasing its annual Clean Energy Successes in the States report detailing how in 2025, 30 states, led by state affiliates in the Conservation Voters Movement (CVM), passed, funded, and implemented solutions to lower energy costs, advance clean energy, reduce harmful pollution, and tackle the climate crisis. The critical policies, goals, and protections laid out in this report are driving the country forward despite efforts by  the Trump Administration to cut funding, undermine agencies, and eliminate clean energy and climate policy at the federal level.

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The 2025 elections highlighted energy affordability as a top concern for people across the country. In the face of President Trump and congressional Republicans’ efforts to block clean energy and give handouts to the fossil fuel industry—policies that raise utility bills—states have provided a hopeful and effective path forward. Renewables like wind and solar remain the cheapest and fastest energy sources to deploy, and state action is making that promise a reality.

“State and local leaders continue to provide a common sense approach focused on deploying clean energy, reducing pollution, and saving consumers money,” said Bill Holland, LCV VP of State Policy and Advocacy. “Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attacks on clean energy have led to higher utility bills for Americans nationwide, but states focused on providing their residents with affordable energy are unwilling to go backwards. In 2025, state legislators, regulatory agencies, Governors, and local leaders sped up clean energy deployment and protect ratepayers from rising utility costs.”

This year alone, Governors from California, New York, Colorado, Arizona, Maine, and Oregon issued executive orders to accelerate clean energy projects. State legislatures across the country passed laws to expand solar and battery storage, improve energy transmission, clean up transportation and building pollution, and implement these laws and other vital climate policies and programs. State elected leaders also passed critical new consumer protections from utility abuses and rising costs driven by data center expansion and attacks on clean energy. These efforts are paying off: states with higher levels of wind and solar are seeing lower-than-average electric bills.

Through the Clean Energy for All campaign, the League of Conservation Voters and its 30+ state affiliates in the CVM played a central role to drive this progress—mobilizing grassroots power, building strong coalitions, winning equitable climate and clean energy policies, and ensuring the benefits reach every community. This is essential not only to counter federal attacks but to continue leading the nation toward a future with affordable clean energy for all.

Key highlights from this year’s report:

• Illinois enacted sweeping legislation that will boost clean energy development and help bring down energy costs. The state also invested $1.5 billion to improve and expand public transit.
• Maine accelerated their timeline for 100% clean energy by 10 years, now aiming to meet the goal by 2040.
• Nevada passed legislation to protect ratepayers and hold utilities accountable for wrongfully overcharging. The state also expanded access to cost-saving solar to affordable housing residents.
• Connecticut set a net-zero by 2050 target economy-wide.
• New York City launched a first-in-the-nation congestion pricing program that reduces vehicle pollution and generates revenue for public transit.
• Ohio enacted a historic bipartisan energy reform law to optimize the electricity grid, repeal massive coal bailouts, and set the first reliability standards for Ohio utilities.
• Oregon passed model legislation protecting consumers from electricity bill increases from data center development.