haukex++'s solution is good, and asks an important question, since your specs were not internally consistent regarding exactly 55. However, in case you were curious about your logic specifically:

Your version doesn't compile for me as-is: you have an unmatched curly bracket. Clean up the formatting to only do one thing per line, and you should see it:

if ($tempdesc >= 55)
{
    if ($tempdesc2 =~ /electric/)
    {
        print FH_OUTFILE "\n";
    }
    else
    {
        print FH_OUTFILE "free_batteries\n";
    }
}
else
{
    print FH_OUTFILE "\n";
}
}

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After removing that final } (shown in the SSCCE below): it seems to me to do what you want (assuming that "greater than 55" means "greater than or equal to 55", to match your >=).

use warnings;                                                         
+                      # ALWAYS!!!
use strict;                                                           
+                      # ALWAYS!!!

open FH_OUTFILE, '>&', \*STDOUT or die "err dup STDOUT = $!";         
+                      # added for SSCCE

foreach my $hashref(                                                  
+                      # added for SSCCE
    {price => 55, title => 'i am expensive electric, and want a blank'
+ },                   # added for SSCCE
    {price => 55, title => 'i am expensive gasoline, and want to print
+ something else'},    # added for SSCCE
    {price => 54, title => 'i am cheap electric, and want a blank' }, 
+                      # added for SSCCE
    {price => 54, title => 'i am cheap gasoline, and want a blank' }, 
+                      # added for SSCCE
) {                                                                   
+                      # added for SSCCE
    my $tempdesc = $hashref->{price};
    my $tempdesc2 = $hashref->{title};

    print FH_OUTFILE "-"x40, " START\n", "TITLE = '$tempdesc2' \@ PRIC
+E = '$tempdesc'\n";   # added for SSCCE
    if ($tempdesc >= 55)
    {
        if ($tempdesc2 =~ /electric/)
        {
            print FH_OUTFILE "\n";
        }
        else
        {
            print FH_OUTFILE "free_batteries\n";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        print FH_OUTFILE "\n";
    }
    print FH_OUTFILE '.'x40, " END\n";                                
+                      # added for SSCCE
}                                                                     
+                      # added for SSCCE

__END__
---------------------------------------- START
TITLE = 'i am expensive electric, and want a blank' @ PRICE = '55'

........................................ END
---------------------------------------- START
TITLE = 'i am expensive gasoline, and want to print something else' @ 
+PRICE = '55'
free_batteries
........................................ END
---------------------------------------- START
TITLE = 'i am cheap electric, and want a blank' @ PRICE = '54'

........................................ END
---------------------------------------- START
TITLE = 'i am cheap gasoline, and want a blank' @ PRICE = '54'

........................................ END

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If our outputs are not your desired output, you'll need to clarify.

In reply to Re: If statement issue from a Noob by pryrt
in thread If statement issue from a Noob by tomdee27

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