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

Nypost · · 703 words · By Carl Campanile; Vaughn Golden
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70% of New Yorkers fear that green energy mandates will make their ‘unreasonable’ electricity bills even more expensive: poll What a shock!

Claims checked 13
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Topics 2

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What happened

70% of New Yorkers fear that green energy mandates will make their ‘unreasonable’ electricity bills even more expensive: poll What a shock!

Why it matters

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.

Common ground

The poll, conducted for The Business Council of New York State, found 80% worry their utility bills could become unaffordable within the next year.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Cherry Picking: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Cherry Picking 60% confidence
Selectively presenting evidence that supports one side while ignoring contrary evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “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.”
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The web search results confirm that the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) set ambitious goals and deadlines to address climate change and replace fossil fuels in New York State. This is reported by multiple sources, confirming the premise of the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) is a plan signed into law on July 18, 2019 [1] to address climate change and reach net zero …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Leadership_and_Communi…
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web search NEUTRAL — It's 2026, do you know where your climate goals are? Seven years have passed since New York enacted the landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which set ambitious deadlines and benc…
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/04/what-happened-…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York's Nation-Leading Climate Targets The diagram outlines the goals and milestones in New York's Climate Act. Now: Over 165,000 clean energy jobs, with a projection of more than 200,000 new jobs …
https://gridconnect.nyserda.ny.gov/nygc-home/climate-act/
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Claim 2: “The data firm Tunnl conducted the Business Council survey online among 2,058 registered New York voters from March 11-15 . It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.”
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Claim 3: “The poll, conducted for The Business Council of New York State, found 80% worry their utility bills could become unaffordable within the next year.”
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The claim is directly supported by a web search result that cites the specific poll, the organization (The Business Council of New York State), and the statistic (80% worry about unaffordability within a year).
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web search NEUTRAL — The poll, conducted for The Business Council of New York State, found 80% worry their utility bills could become unaffordable within the next year. New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaking at a private…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/28/us-news/70-of-new-yorkers-fear…
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web search NEUTRAL — Polls collected by The New York Times. Historical polling data provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and FiveThirtyEight. To suggest a poll, or report a possible error, contact poll…
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-appro…
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web search NEUTRAL — “New York City is so close to turning the page on the corrupt politics of the past and winning a future we can afford.” The poll found the remaining candidates, some of whom have been running for far …
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/zohran-mamdani-clim…
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Claim 4: “In response, 69% of respondents said Albany should re-examine the law to relax the deadlines, while only 13% were opposed and 17% unsure.”
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The claim reports specific poll results (69% support relaxing deadlines, 13% opposed, 17% unsure). No independent web search results corroborate these precise percentages or the context of re-examining the law.
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web search NEUTRAL — response may imply a quick or spontaneous reaction to a person or thing that serves as a stimulus.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/response
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web search NEUTRAL — A response is a reaction to a question, experience, or some other type of stimulus. If you cry at sad movies, you're having an emotional response to the drama that's taking place on the screen.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/response
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web search NEUTRAL — an action done as an answer to another action: [countable] a friendly response to his greeting. [uncountable] She nodded in response to his greeting. Biology behavior of a living thing due to a stimul…
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/response
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Claim 5: “State regulators in January allowed Con Edison to hike electric bills by 10.4% and inflate gas bill 15.8% – costing the average Big Apple resident an eye-watering $600 more per year by 2028.”
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The claim provides specific, detailed financial projections (10.4% electric hike, 15.8% gas hike, $600 more by 2028). No independent web search results corroborate these precise figures or the timeline.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3、法令 statute的关键是后缀-ute。 -ute为什么跟法令相关呢，让我们来看几个单词。 constit ute 制定，它的名词形式constitution 宪法，instit ute 制定（规则），prosec ute （起诉控告），还有exec ute 执行。 所以statute是法令就一点不奇怪了。
https://www.zhihu.com/question/524601737
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web search NEUTRAL — 「国家」这个词在英文中视语境不同。 state、nation、country 三者的含义与区别在哪里？ 卡梅伦说：「Four nations in one country」，那英国是 country，苏格兰是 nation。 那为什么联合国叫 United… 显示全部 关注者 650
https://www.zhihu.com/question/22403792
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 4, 2013 · 程序代码中，怎么区分status和state？ 平时在写代码的过程中，相信每个程序员都会有这样的经历：一个成员变量，希望表达当前实体的状态，那么请问这个时候，究竟如何区分status和state呢？ … 显示全部 关注者 497 被浏览
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21994784
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Claim 6: “Two-thirds — 65% of voters — said either the deadlines for compliance should be adjusted or delayed (45%) or repealed entirely (20%).”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim, and the search results provided no relevant information regarding the stated percentages or the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act compliance deadlines.
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Claim 7: “Some 52% percent said their electric bills were somewhat or very unreasonable, while 44% said reasonable and the remaining 4% of respondents had no opinion.”
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The claim's specific statistics (52% unreasonable, 44% reasonable, 4% no opinion) are directly reported in a web search result, confirming the poll breakdown.
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web search NEUTRAL — Some 52% percent said their electric bills were somewhat or very unreasonable, while 44% said reasonable and the remaining 4% of respondents had no opinion.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/28/us-news/70-of-new-yorkers-fear…
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web search NEUTRAL — Voters' Services Portal...
https://voters.eci.gov.in/
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web search NEUTRAL — Those numbers are now 19% and 59% respectively. And it is not just a matter of the country’s economic health. When asked if they are financially better off now than they were a year ago, 17% reply “ye…
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker
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Claim 8: “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.”
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The web search results contain multiple instances of the claim's core facts, specifically mentioning that a majority of New York voters find their electricity bills unreasonable and that a high percentage (nearly 70%) fear green energy mandates will raise prices. This information is reported across different web search snippets, suggesting multiple independent reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to its east, Canada to its north, and Pennsylvania and New…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly
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Claim 9: “Meanwhile, 40% of voters also said their gas bills were unreasonable.”
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The claim reports a specific statistic (40% of voters said gas bills were unreasonable). No independent web search results corroborate this specific percentage or finding.
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web search NEUTRAL — Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding, is a method to encode arbitrary data in a uniform resource identifier (URI) using only the US-ASCII characters legal within a URI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
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web search NEUTRAL — Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted into a valid ASCII format. URL encoding replaces unsafe ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal d…
https://www.w3schools.com/tags//ref_urlencode.asp
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 29, 2016 · Based on the top voted answer, the @ is not a reserved character in the URL path (although it is in the host). However, given an @ in the path, is the URL-encoded form interchangeable?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36922192/must-and-40-be-…
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Claim 10: “The law requires New York to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 and by 85% by 2050.”
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Claim 11: “Only 14% of respondents said they adhere to the goals with 21% unsure.”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim, and the search results provided no relevant information regarding the stated percentages or adherence to goals.
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Claim 12: “Seventy percent of the state’s electricity must come from renewable sources by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2040.”
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Claim 13: “When voters were prompted that more than $20 of every $100 of their bill goes to taxes and government-mandated policies rather than the energy itself, 53% said they understood rising costs are largely driven by factors outside a utility’s control, according to the poll, which was obtained by The Post Tuesday.”
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While the claim details a specific poll result (53% understanding cost drivers), the provided web search results do not contain this specific statistic or the context of the $20/$100 breakdown. The web search results are general and do not corroborate this precise finding.
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web search NEUTRAL — Voters' Services Portal...
https://voters.eci.gov.in/
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web search NEUTRAL — The average utility bill per month nationwide is $429.33. The year 2022 had a number of factors that impacted utility bills, ranging from extreme weather conditions to the war in Ukraine to inflation.
https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/living/monthly-utili…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to a poll conducted by Metropoll Research, 47% of voters believe that the Nation Alliance and the opposition parties are not prepared to govern Türkiye. Metropoll Research has shared the Jan…
https://indigodergisi.com/en/2022/01/Poll:-Is-the-opposition…
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