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White House Press Release - Washington Examiner: "$3 Billion Payoff: 101 Utilities Cut Rates, Credit Gop Tax Cuts"

June 07, 2018

"The number of electric, gas and water utilities cutting customer charges due to the recently passed Republican tax cuts has passed 100, and the total savings is about $3 billion."

$3 billion payoff: 101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts

By Paul Bedard

Washington Examiner

June 7, 2018

The number of electric, gas and water utilities cutting customer charges due to the recently passed Republican tax cuts has passed 100, and the total savings is about $3 billion.

According to Americans for Tax Reform, the number has reached 101 with most utilities either cutting bills or not passing on the costs of expanding their operations.

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The list includes statements from many of the utilities and the general total for the cuts is over $2.8 billion. Hundreds of millions more of added utility expenses won't be passed on to customers, and the statements also included specific dollar cuts to bills.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut the corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.

Several of the companies directly cited the act in cutting rates.

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Read the full article here.

Donald J. Trump (1st Term), White House Press Release - Washington Examiner: "$3 Billion Payoff: 101 Utilities Cut Rates, Credit Gop Tax Cuts" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/350839

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