70% of New Yorkers fear that green energy mandates will make their ‘unreasonable’ electricity bills

[rangerrebew]

70% of New Yorkers fear that green energy mandates will make their ‘unreasonable’ electricity bills even more expensive: poll
By Carl Campanile and Vaughn Golden
Published April 28, 2026, 4:40 p.m. ET
 

What a shock!

A majority of New York State voters say their electricity bills are unreasonable — and nearly 70% fear controversial green energy mandates will send prices even higher, a new poll found.

The poll, conducted for The Business Council of New York State, found 80% worry their utility bills could become unaffordable within the next year.
 
Approximately 70% of New York State voters in a poll conducted by The Business Council of New York State said their electricity bills are too expensive and fear new green energy mandates will only increase prices that much more.
 
The state climate change laws set goals and deadlines to replace fossil fuel power sources with clean energy such as solar and wind, but critics call the timelines unrealistic and say the requirements are sending prices soaring.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/28/us-news/70-of-new-yorkers-fear-that-green-energy-mandates-will-make-their-unreasonable-electricity-bills/

[rangerrebew]

Oh, come on mayor.  Just promise everyone free electricity and problem over.  New Yorkers will buy it.

[Wingnut]

Just take over the electric providers.  Be the Venezuela of New England. 

[cato potatoe]

This yenta at my old office claimed the Long Island schools were the best in the country because they were so expensive.  I didn't get around to asking about utilities, but I'm sure their electricity is superior to ours in every way imaginable.

[Free Vulcan]

But they'll still keep voting 'Rat.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Not only their electricity bills, but also their natural gas bills.  Enjoy living in the cold and in the dark.

[Cyber Liberty]

This yenta at my old office claimed the Long Island schools were the best in the country because they were so expensive.  I didn't get around to asking about utilities, but I'm sure their electricity is superior to ours in every way imaginable.

They use fatter Electrons....

[Cyber Liberty]

But they'll still keep voting 'Rat.

Correct, and I don't see that changing any time soon.

[libertybele]

But they'll still keep voting 'Rat.

Yeppers.  It doesn't makes sense, but neither do liberals.

[Fishrrman]

Nothing's going to be done in New York state to discard the "green energy timeline" that is currently in place by force of state law which was put there by people who had no idea where the replacement energy was going to come from once the existing fossil fuel productions systems had been outlawed.

Things will get worse, and worse, and worse until there's a total collapse.

One would think that the powers-that-be (the legislature) would try to avert disaster just before a collapse, but remember these are idelogical leftists who will probably never do that --- because to do so would be a rebuke to the leftism/communism that they cling to for dear life.

I doubt that even AFTER "the collapse", they'll try to get things going again.
They'll just blame it on the evil facist/nazi Republicans (of which there are very few in elected NY state government).

It's gonna be an interesting show.
Reminds me of a very good series of novels by James Kuntsler:
- World Made by Hand -- followed by three sequels in the series,
- The Witch of Hebron (2010)
- A History of the Future (2014)
- The Harrows Of Spring (2016).
... about an upstate county living in a world without petroleum.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This yenta at my old office claimed the Long Island schools were the best in the country because they were so expensive.  I didn't get around to asking about utilities, but I'm sure their electricity is superior to ours in every way imaginable.

Almost a perfect overlay of liberal states, save Oregon/Washington which have cheap hydroelectric that keep prices low.

[Hoodat]

70% of New Yorkers fear that green energy mandates will make their ‘unreasonable’ electricity bills even more expensive

Fear it?  Nonsense.  They voted for it.