On the surface, it looks like a clear enough story. New York mirrored a national lurch to the right that is sending Donald Trump back to the White House with a decisive margin.

In the famously blue state, Trump performed better than any Republican at the top of the ticket since 1988. In New York City, he claimed 30 percent of the vote — nearly double his share in 2016. It was enough for pollster Nate Silver to conclude on Wednesday that “the story of Trump’s win was foretold in New York City.”

But look more closely, and a wrinkle in that story emerges.

As artificial intelligence and other energy-hungry industries have shattered forecasts of US electricity use over the next decade, many states have turned to a familiar solution to beef up their grids: fossil fuel plants.

New York is not one of them. The state’s climate law requires New York to get 70 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030 and achieve a carbon-free grid by 2040.

But the state is far behind on building new clean energy, and still has to contend with surging electricity demand. That’s leading some to conclude that New York needs to rethink its climate mandates. Could new gas plants be on the table?

A proposal from state Senator Andrew Gounardes would send some new parents $1,800 in the third trimester of pregnancy.