claim: The Clean Power Plan, a major component of fulfilling the agreement, would spike energy costs for working and middle-class Texans by 16% by 2030, according to the Economic Reliability Council of Texas
evidence: ESB National Grid, Ireland's electric utility, in a 2004 study that, concluded that to meet the renewable energy targets set by the EU in 2001 would increase electricity generation costs by a modest 15% Impact of Wind Power Generation in Ireland on the Operation of Conventional Plant and the Economic Implications ( PDF ).