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Chris Wright: “Our Department of Energy, our Energy Dominance Financing…”

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 35:57

It's also going to happen. Thank God for AI. The hyperscalers that are building these, they will put in equity capital. They've got awesome balance sheets and great credit ratings. And Our Department of Energy, our Energy Dominance Financing office can loan them money at low interest rates or provide loan guarantees. to others to these very credit worthy equity providers. We have $250 billion capacity. We want to use it to incent people to build. Now the nuclear renaissance we've heard about for 20 years. (35:57–36:06)

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Asserts that the Department of Energy can provide low-interest loans or loan guarantees for nuclear projects.

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