The Aporia · Kathy Hochul delivers . . . obscene electric and home-heating-oil bills

Governor Kathy Hochul's $200 energy rebate checks are criticized for failing to address soaring electricity and heating oil prices in New York. Residential electricity costs increased by 14% in July compared to July 2025, nearly triple the national increase of 4.9%. Home-heating oil is expected to surge by approximately 70%, from $3.72 to $6.27 per gallon this winter. Critics argue that Hochul’s climate policies, such as closing fossil-fuel and nuclear plants, are driving these price hikes while her rebate program does little to help consumers. Republican Bruce Blakeman proposes reversing these policies by opening New York to fracking and approving new nuclear power plants.

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In July 2025, residential electricity prices in New York increased by $270, or 14%, compared to the previous year. This rise is nearly triple the national increase of 4.9%. The state's Energy Research and Development Authority predicts that home-heating oil prices will surge by 69% this winter, from $3.72 to $6.27 per gallon. Governor Kathy Hochul has introduced a $200 "energy rebate" check program as part of her "$1 billion Protecting Our Wallets" scheme. However, critics argue that the program is merely redistributing funds among taxpayers and does not address the root cause of the rising energy costs tied to her climate policies, which include closing fossil-fuel and nuclear plants and blocking pipelines.

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If high summer energy bills felt painful, brace yourself: Electric rates are set to keep climbing, and home-heating oil prices will surge by 70% this winter. During July, average residential electricity prices in New York climbed $270, or 14% compared to July 2025 — nearly triple the national year-over-year rise of 4.9% — and worse is likely coming.

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🔮 If high summer energy bills felt painful, brace yourself: Electric rates are set to keep climbing, and home-heating oil prices will surge by 70% this winter. During July, average residential electricity prices in New York climbed $270, or 14% compared to July 2025 — nearly triple the national year-over-year rise of 4.9% — and worse is likely coming.

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Kathy Hochul delivers . . . obscene electric and home-heating-oil bills · assertive framing

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Meanwhile, the state Energy Research and Development Authority reports that heating-oil costs are set to surge nearly 70%, from $3.72 to $6.27 per gallon. asserted

costs → report → gallon

These dramatic spikes make a mockery of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $200 “energy rebate” checks. asserted

spikes → make → checks

Designed to obscure how her climate agenda is driving double-digit utility hikes, Hochul’s $1 billion so-called “Protecting Our Wallets” scheme does no such thing: “The state is merely taking $200 from people who pay taxes and giving it to people who pay electricity bills — largely the same people,” grumbled the Empire Center’s Zilvinas Silenas. asserted

Silenas → design → bills

Again: Until recently, she’s only doubled down on the insane Cuomo policies of closing fossil-fuel and nuclear plants and blocking pipelines to curry favor with green extremists — while burning billions on alternative-energy schemes that are nowhere close to providing enough reliable power. asserted

that → double → power

This has created a growing energy-affordability crisis that she (of course) refuses to own. asserted

she → create → course

Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman has pledged to dismantle this mad climate agenda, open New York to fracking and approve new zero-emissions nuclear power plants. asserted

Blakeman → pledge → plants

If you need more reason to deny the gov your vote, just open your utility bills. asserted

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