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Wright Is Wrong

On key facts related to Texas, the Secretary of Energy is either purposefully misleading or misinformed

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Doug Lewin
Oct 01, 2025
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In New York last week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said wholesale electricity costs in Texas are up 100% in the last five years.

The context makes it worse. Here’s what Wright said: “Texas has the fastest rising wholesale electricity prices of any region in the country, 100 percent rise in wholesale prices from the start of the Biden administra…

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