Hold back America's economic growth, or make ratepayers pay more on their electric bills?
This is a completely unnecessary choice.
But it’s one that many states now face because of the massive amount of energy required for America to compete and flourish.
We reject this completely. But without structural reform, that is exactly where the status quo is leading us.
Over the past few months, we’ve been talking with state lawmakers, business owners, and utility experts about a growing bottleneck that threatens the future of American economic growth.
The feedback we’ve gotten is unanimous:
America wants to build, reshore manufacturing, and lead the global technology race. But our aging infrastructure, bureaucratic nonsense, red tape, and political infighting are stopping us from developing the energy we need to reach our next era of prosperity.
To put the scale of this challenge into perspective: U.S. energy demand has nearly flatlined for decades. But that era of stagnation is officially over. Driven by an unprecedented surge, America is projected to need 25% more energy by 2030.
Where is that demand coming from? Three massive pillars:
1️⃣ Reindustrialization: Companies are bringing manufacturing back to American soil after decades of building overseas.
2️⃣ Advanced Manufacturing: Operations, production facilities, and computing assets need more energy than ever to scale.
3️⃣ Electrification: Homes, businesses, and transportation systems need more electricity than ever to power modern technologies.
Without significant reforms to our energy and permitting systems, policymakers will face an increasingly difficult choice:
A) Slow economic growth and turn away new investment.
B) Or ask families and businesses to shoulder the cost of an increasingly constrained energy system.
If we ask families and businesses to bear the cost of bringing new energy projects online, regional utility rates are projected to spike between 15% and 40% by 2030.
For local businesses, that higher electric overhead forces them to cut margins or raise consumer prices. For families, spiking consumer rates add hundreds of dollars to annual household utility and grocery budgets.
America’s prosperity shouldn't be held back, and local families and businesses shouldn't pay the price for the status quo.
Even if we tried to bring new energy projects online, the reality is, America has forgotten how to build. We've made it too hard to build, too slow to bring new energy online, and too easy for politics to stand in the way of the energy America needs.
Fortunately, there is a better path forward, these are challenges we can overcome, and Powering Prosperity is here to help.
We are a state-level advocacy organization focused on helping governors, legislators and energy innovators deploy common-sense, free market solutions that help America build faster, build stronger, and build smarter.
The crisis is real, and many of the solutions are entirely in the hands of our state leaders. But this is new territory for a new age of growth, and these leaders need help.
Powering Prosperity has the roadmap to show them the way.