We’ve reported on the fact that homeowners and businesses in red states pay about half as much for electric power as do those in red states. This is a giant monthly “cost-of-living-tax” for residing in a blue state where the politicians impose expensive green energy mandates on their rate payers.

This chart from our friends at the Institute for Energy Research lays it out even more clearly:

It turns out the “green new deal” isn’t such a great “deal” after all:

States that have embraced aggressive renewable mandates… deliver the nation’s highest electricity prices.

California and New York, the poster children for this approach, now charge their residents and businesses significantly more than the national average, with price increases that have consistently outpaced the rest of the country.

In contrast, states that have prioritized dispatchable, affordable generation consistently deliver the lowest electricity prices.

Florida keeps rates below the national average despite near-universal air conditioning demand and frequent hurricanes. Louisiana enjoys the third-lowest rates in the nation while utilizing its abundant natural gas resources…

High electricity prices are not an inevitability; they are a choice.

Exactly.