NY bracing for gas and electric bill shock amid green push: ‘Very aware’ of the ‘burden,’ Con Ed says. Nobody should be surprised this is happening in a state saturated with earthfirster Democrats. Like California, they elected the politicians influencing the green policies that led to this. This happened because the citizens in the bluest blue states blindly voted the party line. What’d they THINK was gonna happen? Look at California: They elected Nitwit Newsom to be their governor, and he signed a law that’ll outlaw fossil-fueled cargo trucks in the near future. Considering that there aren’t any of those, and the other immense hurdles to overcome before they can become a reality, one can conclude that the inmates are running the asylum. Back to New York. Their electricity bills will rise (according to the provider’s conservative estimate) by 15-20% in the next 3 years. If your electricity bill is $800 a month now, it’ll be $960, and some who take issue with Con Edison’s estimates say it’d be $1600 a month. While I feel sorry for the rare NY commonsenser retiree, living on Social Security payments, that DIDN’T want the politicians who gave the green light to these treehugger plans, to the rest, I say: They got what they voted for.