Energy Scorecard True 0% 78 Checks Mostly True 0% 112 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 134 Checks False 0% 181 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 46 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Energy stated on January 20, 2026 in an op-ed: “New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.” February 13, 2026 stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.” September 9, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.” September 5, 2025 Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” July 10, 2025 stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post: “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.” May 28, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.” April 24, 2025 Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.” By Loreben Tuquero • March 14, 2025 Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.” March 5, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook: Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration. February 26, 2025 Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.” By Madeline Heim • November 26, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Verificamos lo que dijo Trump sobre la inversión de empresas petroleras de EEUU en Venezuela • January 7, 2026 Fact-checking Donald Trump on promised U.S. oil company investment in Venezuela • January 5, 2026 Fact-checking Donald Trump following U.S. attacks on Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro • January 3, 2026 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech • September 23, 2025 ¿Qué dijo Trump en su discurso ante la ONU? Aquí lo verificamos • September 23, 2025 Estas son las promesas de Donald Trump para su segundo mandato By Ian McKinney, Louis Jacobson, Maria Briceño • November 6, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Fact-checking Harris, Trump’s AARP interviews By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2024 ‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2023 PolitiFact road-tests Donald Trump’s claim about driving an electric vehicle in New Hampshire By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • November 27, 2023 Checking GOP presidential candidates’ attacks on Joe Biden, Democrats ahead of first primary debate By Amy Sherman • August 21, 2023