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Wright Discusses Speed to Power Initiative with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business

September 19, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:11:02

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business on September 19, 2025, as the Department of Energy launched its Speed to Power initiative to accelerate development of America’s large-scale grid infrastructure. According to the department’s analysis cited in the segment, the current rate of project development is inadequate for the country’s rapidly expanding manufacturing needs and the power needed to win the global AI race.

Wright said, as he stated it, that AI is coming and the administration wants it built in the United States rather than dominantly in China or elsewhere in Asia, and that the big hyperscaler developers he has spent time with were worried about the ability to build in America but have been told this administration will get barriers out of the way.

On Speed to Power, Wright said, as he stated it, that the department will help developers expedite projects to build new transmission, bring new generation online, or deploy new technology to get more out of the existing grid — all needed, as he put it, to stop the rise in electricity prices, bring industry back to the United States, and thrive with AI. He argued that under the prior administration only solar, batteries, and wind could get permitted, while around-the-clock power sources could not.

Why it matters

The appearance is part of the administration’s energy agenda — expanding supply, grid capacity, and permitting — and its claims about prices, projects, and markets are the record against which its energy promises will be measured.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Joins Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business - September 19, 2025”, 2025-09-19 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-09-19). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.