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Chris Wright: “Natural gas prices have plummeted over the last 10 or 20…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Goldman Sachs MD Neil Mehta speaks to Energy Sec. Chris Wright at energy conference — 1/7/2026

Published | Video Starts at 24:19

… of inflation, we should be having trends in electricity prices way below the rise of inflation. Biggest source of electricity, United States by far, natural gas. What's the price of Natural gas prices have plummeted over the last 10 or 20 years. It's plummeted. What's the availability of it Done Next biggest source is nuclear and building new nuclear plants. We're just running our existing plants. (24:19–24:23)

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Asserts that the price of natural gas has significantly decreased over the past two decades.

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