On December 14, 2025, Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on Fox News Sunday, with Benzinga summarizing his remarks, saying that electricity prices would stop rising ‘very soon’ and could even decline over the next few years.
He attributed the expected relief to Trump-era energy policies aimed at expanding supply and reducing regulatory bottlenecks, arguing that Biden-era policies had limited energy production and pushed costs higher. Benzinga notes that, while Wright framed the trend as a policy-driven forecast, independent data show a different trajectory.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported that electricity prices have outpaced inflation since 2022, with 2025 retail prices rising about 6.7% through September. Analysts also point to rising demand from AI data centers and other large-scale loads as a factor pushing grid prices higher. The article frames Wright’s forecast as part of a broader political argument about energy policy and its impact on consumers, contrasted with EIA data showing persistent price increases. The central question for readers is whether policy changes will meaningfully affect household bills in the near term.