By any rational measure, America is in an energy crisis of its own making—a self-inflicted wound caused by bureaucratic inertia, regulatory overreach, and a tragic neglect of the greatest growth lever in the modern economy: power. The rise of AI has made one thing absolutely clear—we are not constrained by silicon anymore. We’re constrained by supply. Supply of electrons. Supply of courage. Supply of American will.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
We can win this. But only if we return to our founding economic principles: pro-growth, pro-investment, low-tax, lightly regulated, and innovation-driven policies that put the private sector in the driver’s seat. supply-side energy policy built on incentives, private-sector leadership, and innovation unfettered by red tape. That means unleashing the tools already in our toolbox to build the grid of the future—fast, cheap, and smart.
Step One: Mobilize Private Capital
The Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has proven to be one of the most effective market-based energy accelerants in decades. It has turned American rooftops and empty fields into solar farms, and it has attracted billions in long-term investment. Extend it. Make it transferable. And pair it with bold support for next-generation storage technologies—solid-state batteries, thermal storage, and flow batteries that can stabilize AI workloads around the clock.
Step Two: Unleash the Gas Renaissance
We need dispatchable power, now. Natural gas is the bridge to the AI future, and it can be cleaner, faster, and smarter. The private sector already has designs in play for modular, turbine-ready facilities with water rights and land cleared—some in states like Indiana, with scalable footprints from 420MW to multiple gigawatts. What’s missing? Speed. A moonshot supply-side program to slash turbine backlogs, fast-track pipeline approvals, and eliminate the permitting bottlenecks that keep us stuck in neutral.
Step Three: Permit Everything That Works
There are tens of thousands of energy projects sitting in limbo. Each day they wait is a day America loses ground to China. We need a 90-day permit mandate for viable energy assets. We need AI-driven systems that can cut the bureaucratic churn, identify shovel-ready projects, and move them forward. Combine that with energy zones on federal land and an “approve unless proven otherwise” model, while instituting safeguards to evaluate and address environmental impacts and incorporate local stakeholder feedback wherever feasible, and we’ll be laying transmission line faster than regulators can write memos.
Step Four: Train the Workforce of the Future
Energy is jobs. Energy is education. We need a human capital revival. Expand vocational schools. Cancel debt for STEM grads who enter the energy sector. Partner with innovators to deploy virtual reality and AI simulators for faster, better training. We need 500,000 new energy workers in five years. This initiative could be funded through a combination of federal matching grants, industry-backed apprenticeship programs, and state-level education incentives tied to workforce demand. Public-private partnerships and tax credits for companies that sponsor energy-sector training would accelerate adoption and scale. Let’s get to it.
Step Five: Reignite American Nuclear
Nuclear is the crown jewel of base-load power. Let’s get serious. One-year approval windows for existing plants. Fast-track SMRs. And finally, put real money behind fusion and thorium. This isn’t a luxury—this is the foundation of a stable, high-capacity grid that can run AI 24/7 with zero emissions.
Step Six: Fund the Leap, Not the Lag
We need innovation that leaps ahead, not incrementalism that preserves the status quo. That means full-throttle investment in advanced geothermal, hydrogen blending, high-altitude wind, and new forms of energy-dense storage. Proprietary hybrid systems already in deployment are hitting power densities that redefine the game—with rack-based modular systems generating 10kW to 400kW at a fraction of the cost and footprint. That’s the future.
Step Seven: Prioritize the AI Grid
AI data centers must be treated as critical infrastructure. That means guaranteed power, priority in siting, and immediate grid upgrades—while ensuring that these advancements do not divert critical resources from existing infrastructure or underserved communities. Balanced implementation and transparent planning will help minimize unintended consequences and preserve public trust. Superconducting lines. Smart grids. Digitally-managed load shifting. And vertically integrated buildouts that control everything from silicon to substations. We’re not waiting for Washington—we’re building now.
Let’s be clear: this is Reaganomics for the Energy Age—an approach rooted in tax incentives, deregulation, pro-business policies, and a deep belief in the power of the private sector to drive prosperity and innovation. It echoes the bold vision of President Donald J. Trump, who reminded us that “a nation that can’t control its own energy can’t control its own destiny.” This is America First applied to the power grid—securing our economic future by putting U.S. energy production, technology, and jobs ahead of foreign dependence and global bureaucracies.—an approach rooted in tax incentives, deregulation, pro-business policies, and a deep belief in the power of the private sector to drive prosperity and innovation. Incentivize supply. Unleash innovation. Get Washington out of the way. The rest will follow.
America’s energy renaissance starts here. The spark has been lit. Now it’s time to scale it into a bonfire of growth, jobs, and national renewal.