New York’s Climate Law Meets Reality: And Ratepayers Are Paying the Price

March 6, 2026

New Yorkers are facing some of the highest electricity prices in the country, and even state leaders are beginning to acknowledge that the state’s sweeping climate mandates may be part of the problem. A recent report highlights residents struggling with soaring utility bills, with many households paying more than $400 per month for electricity. The affordability crisis has now reached Albany, where lawmakers and Governor Kathy Hochul are debating whether the state’s landmark 2019 climate law needs to be revised. The law set ambitious targets: 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a fully carbon-free grid by 2040. But state officials now…


PTF Hails President Trump’s Move to Repeal Costly Obama-Era “Endangerment” Rule As a Generational Game Changer

February 10, 2026

For more than a decade, Washington bureaucrats and climate activists have leaned on one Obama-era regulation to justify an avalanche of rules that drove up energy prices, slowed infrastructure, and punished working families. That era may finally be ending. Reports that the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the so-called “endangerment finding” mark one of the most consequential energy policy moves in a generation. The rule served as the legal foundation for more than $1 trillion in climate regulations, empowering regulators to reshape the American economy without a single vote from Congress. Power The Future applauds President Trump for…


Cold Exposes the Real Cost of Biden’s Electric Bus Experiment

February 5, 2026

An Arctic blast across much of the East Coast didn’t just disrupt travel,  but it exposed serious flaws in the Biden administration’s multi-billion-dollar electric bus push. As first reported by Fox News, taxpayer-funded electric buses struggled to operate or charge in routine winter conditions, raising fresh questions about whether political priorities overtook practicality and oversight. According to the reporting, more than $8 billion has been funneled into electric transit and school bus programs, even as federal auditors found that agencies failed to properly track whether buses were delivered, operable, or in service. In some cases, school districts lacked charging infrastructure altogether. “Spending…


Spanberger on Mission to Make Virginia More Unaffordable

January 21, 2026

In her first address to the Virginia General Assembly, according to Cardinal News, Gov. Abigail Spanberger made clear that instead of confronting real drivers of rising energy costs, she’s doubling down on regulations that will make electricity more expensive and burden families and businesses. Spanberger’s centerpiece energy proposal, rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), is emblematic of this misplaced priority. Though she claims it will lower bills and fund efficiency programs, cap-and-trade schemes like RGGI inherently inflate costs for utilities and ratepayers, and that the only guaranteed outcome is more regulatory complexity and higher bills. Rather than focusing on expanding…


Power The Future Exposes Climate “Lawfare” Campaign Targeting America’s Courts

August 18, 2025

This week, Power The Future sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding an investigation into what we see as a coordinated “national lawfare campaign” by left-wing climate activists to quietly influence judges across the country. At the center of this campaign is the Environmental Law Institute’s Climate Judiciary Project (CJP), which has boasted about “educating” roughly two thousand judges, including federal judges, on how to view and approach climate litigation. Here’s the problem: this isn’t neutral education. It’s behind-closed-doors advocacy designed to push one side of the climate debate directly into the courts. As our letter makes clear:…


As Newsom Takes Vanity Tour, California’s Gas Prices Soar

July 11, 2025

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been traveling across the country on a thinly veiled 2028 presidential campaign bid. While he has been gallivanting around southern states, constituents in his home state are set to pay a lot more at the pump thanks to a one-two punch from his green agenda.  New data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that gas prices on the West Coast are poised to spike further following the planned shutdown of two California refineries, which reduce the state’s capacity to produce fuel. On top of that, California drivers were hit with a gas tax hike on July 1, and are facing…


EPA Moves to Restore American Energy Dominance and Lower Costs

June 12, 2025

In a major win for American energy independence, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced proposals to repeal key Biden-era regulations that have burdened the power sector and raised energy costs. Joined by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie(R-KY), and other lawmakers, Administrator Zeldin outlined two proposed rollbacks: one targeting greenhouse gas emissions rules under the Clean Air Act, and another reversing amendments to the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).  The EPA is proposing to repeal regulations from the Obama and Biden administrations on power plants, including the 2015 emissions standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants…


America Can’t Win the AI Race on Wind and Solar Power

May 15, 2025

This week, Power the Future released its latest report, Rocket Fuel for America’s AI Moonshot, laying out a clear warning: if the U.S. wants to win the global artificial intelligence race against China, it needs reliable, abundant energy. And that means tapping into America’s own existing natural gas and coal, not doubling down on failed green fantasies and manufactured artificial energy sources. As PTF Founder Daniel Turner told Fox Business, “Our current grid can’t sustain where we are, and yet on top of it, they’re adding this AI layer, which will require three to four times more electricity.” It’s not a talking…


Ohio’s Energy Choice: Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda or Failed California Polices

March 20, 2025

Ohio Residents, Call Your Lawmakers and tell them not to turn Ohio into California! House of Representatives: (614) 466-4308 Ohio lawmakers are faced with a big decision: support President Trump’s America First energy agenda or follow California’s failed policies. A bill under consideration in the state house, H.B. 15, would significantly change the way power is generated and delivered to customers in Ohio.  This week, Power The Future released a report examining H.B. 15 and the corresponding bill, S.B. 2, which was just passed by the Senate.  As currently drafted, these bills make it harder to reliably and affordably meet growing energy…


Zeldin Cleans House and Puts Biden’s $20 Billion Green Slush Fund Under Investigation

March 6, 2025

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is proving once again that accountability is back at the Environmental Protection Agency. On Monday, the Trump EPA officially referred Biden’s $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) to the agency’s inspector general for investigation, and rightfully so. This so-called “climate” program wasn’t about reducing emissions; it was a taxpayer-funded payout scheme for Democrat insiders, green special interests, and radical activists. According to Administrator Zeldin in a Daily Caller article: “It is my pledge to be accountable for every penny the EPA spends. This marks a stark turn from the waste and self-dealing of the Biden-Harris…