Chris Wright Tells the Truth About Electric Bills and Democrats Can’t Escape the Blame
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is doing something we have not seen in Washington the past couple years: telling the truth.
In a candid interview with POLITICO, Wright acknowledged what every American family already feels when they open their utility bill: prices are rising. And while Democrats are eager to pin those costs on President Trump and his team, Wright cut through the spin:
“The momentum of the Obama-Biden policies, for sure that destruction is going to continue in the coming years… And who’s going to get blamed for it? We’re going to get blamed because we’re in office.”
That’s exactly right and why Secretary Wright was named PTF’s August Energy Champion of the Month. The runaway subsidies, the forced closures of reliable plants, the obsession with wind and solar at the expense of baseload power… and these weren’t Trump policies. They were the work of decades of policymakers on the state and federal level.
Take Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico. For years, Heinrich and his colleagues were silent as Biden’s policies pushed prices higher and higher. They cheered on the subsidies. They shrugged as coal plants closed. They looked the other way as China tightened its grip on our supply chains.
Now, suddenly, Heinrich wants to posture as a defender of affordability:
“There’s an affordability crisis in electricity that is well on its way,” Heinrich told POLITICO.
No kidding, Senator. Where was that concern when your party was ramming through the Inflation Reduction Act? Where was it when Americans were forced to pay for “green” experiments that never delivered?
The truth is simple: today’s high prices are baked in from decades of poor decisions. Democrats sold out reliable energy in favor of unreliable and unscalable sources. They called it progress. Families across America are paying the bill.
Power The Future has been warning about this for years. In our 2025 report, we documented how short-sighted energy policies, cheered on by the eco-left and ignored by their enablers in Congress left America vulnerable to higher costs, weaker grids, and growing dependence on foreign adversaries.
The good news? The damage can be reversed. With real leadership, we can get back to energy dominance: affordable, reliable American energy that powers families, workers, and our future.
Chris Wright told the truth. It’s time Democrats like Martin Heinrich face it.
September 10, 2025