Company Quote by Gray Davis

Higher energy prices act like a tax. They reduce the disposable income people have available for other things after they've paid their energy bills.

— John W. Snow

An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of…

— Newt Gingrich

“Once it’s handed off to the local companies that transmit electricity to the local consumers, no federal regulations apply. At that point, it’s under…

— Ted Koppel

A lot of the things that we passed in the energy policy were embedded in law, and they resulted in tremendous reductions in waste…

— Jimmy Carter

For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the…

— Chris Chocola

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

— Loretta Napoleoni

So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year…

— Bill Gates

Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity…

— Kenneth Lay

The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The…

— Peter Diamandis

Consumers don't need to be forced to pay billions for so-called smart technology to know how to reduce their utility bills. We know to…

— Lisa Madigan

Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting…

— Jay Inslee

Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket… Because I’m capping greenhouse gasses, coal power plants, natural gas…you…

— Barack Obama