The real issue strangling America’s electric grid

"The choice is not between AI progress or cheap electricity. The real trade-off is between heavy-handed regulation and market-driven abundance. If policymakers actually want lower bills, the playbook is straightforward: ...Allow entirely new, private, physically unconnected electric grids to form and compete."

The entire piece by Alexander Stevens and Samuel Peterson of the Institute for Energy Research is terrific and well worth reading.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/24/energy-prices-regulation/