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Chris Wright: “We have $250 billion capacity. We want to use it to incent…”

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 36:08

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. We need to make it happen now. And so I think you will see a lot of plants under construction in the next 12 to 18 months. (36:08–36:14)

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