Poll Finds New Jersey Residents Prioritize Energy Security Over Radical Climate Policies - Gabriella Hoffman

According to new polling from Independent Women’s Voice, 85% of likely voters in the 2025 New Jersey statewide elections worry about rising energy costs expected to result from existing state climate policies–including 83% of women.

• Garden State residents were expected to see a 20% spike in their utility bills commencing on June 1st, even as some ratepayers were already paying $500 a month... 

Governor Phil Murphy (D-NJ)’s Energy Master Plan, an executive order signed in 2023 mandating the state reach 100% clean energy by 2035 through solar, wind, electric vehicles, and batteries, is squarely to blame for higher utility bills. 

Murphy’s green transition plan is estimated to cost 

• $1.4 trillion in lost income, or 
• $140,000 per average New Jerseyan over the next 25 years, while yielding no tangible environmental benefit...