Tom Barrett

Legislative Record

• Voted to keep expensive, inefficient fossil fuel plants online, costing ratepayers 

• Voted to give priority to electricity generated by expensive fossil fuels 

• Voted to slash energy efficiency programs that save ratepayers hundreds 

• Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which repealed groundbreaking clean energy policies, hiking energy bills and giving tax breaks to data centers

  
  

District-Level Data

• Rep. Barrett’s vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is projected to: 

  • increase Michiganders’ household energy costs by approximately $210 per year 

  • increase Michiganders’ household electricity costs by 6% by 2035 

  • impose $8.7 billion in cumulative household energy costs in Michigan through 2034 

  • and reduce state GDP by $3.6 billion while eliminating approximately 21,300 jobs.

Sources

1. Assessing Impacts Of The House “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” On U.S. Energy Costs, Jobs, Health, Emissions 

2. Congressional ‘grid reliability’ bill is like duct tape on a cracked dam 

3. House passes bill to fast-track dispatchable generation interconnection 

4. House Appropriations Committee Democrats, Fact Sheet, 7/13/2025