“New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”
What PolitiFact found
Federal data from November 2025 shows that this is correct for residential and commercial users. Costs for industrial and transportation users were also above the national average, but not as dramatically. New York’s electricity costs are below those of most New England states, but higher than two mid-Atlantic states, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tom O’Mara (state senator) made this claim around 20 January 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 February 2026, 24 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Where the claim appeared
- wellsvillesun.comhttps://wellsvillesun.com/blog/2026/01/20/looking-at-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-where-nys-head…
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