Most of us have probably figured out by now that the policies of whoever is in office, both federally and at the state level, have a great deal to do with our electricity prices. But a new study confirms that, consistently and reliably, living in a blue state versus a red state really does determine how high or low your energy costs are.
Democrats push the climate change lie for the purposes of political control and so that they can justify government subsidies for their cronies’ expensive and inefficient “green” energy products. Meanwhile, Republicans rely more on traditional energy, such as gas, coal, and nuclear energy. And that, in a nutshell, is the difference between an energy crisis and an energy prosperity.
The climate crisis is fake, and there are no benefits to so-called green energy. The December 2025 Institute for Energy Research (IER) report confirmed the stark reality:
Electricity prices are especially high in traditionally liberal areas of the country. In total, 86% of states with electricity prices above the national average in the continental U.S. are reliably blue, having voted for the Democratic nominee for president in the 2020 and 2024 elections. In contrast, 80% of the 10 states with the lowest electricity prices are reliably red, defined as having voted for the Republican candidate in these contests.
This report explains how state-level energy policies primarily shape electricity and highlights five states (California, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, and New York) to illustrate how these policies affect affordability.
It is no mystery, of course. As I noted above, one can simply look at the types of energy prioritized in each state and how much the government meddles in or restricts certain energy types to understand how the electricity costs are determined.
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“Expensive Electricity is a Choice,” IER emphasized. It examined the problems in more detail. For instance, state governments can require a certain amount of electricity sales in the state to be for so-called renewable energy, such as wind and solar. Some states also set energy efficiency or “clean energy” standards. Under the Federal Power Act, states have the ability to mandate wind and solar.
States that have far above the national average for electricity prices include California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, according to IER. New York, Maine, Michigan, and Maryland also have higher electricity costs. States with prices about average or a little below average include Arizona, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi. States with much cheaper energy prices include North Dakota, Oklahoma, Idaho, New Mexico, and Louisiana.
Florida and Texas could probably have even cheaper energy prices and less danger of blackouts than they do if Republican leadership there had not become rather enamored of “green” energy in recent years.
The ultimate point is that if your state relies on toxic, inefficient, expensive, and unreliable wind and solar, you will be paying a lot more for your electricity than if your state is focusing on gas-, oil-, coal-, and nuclear-generated electricity.
