Washington, Sept. 27 -- US Energy Secretary Chris Wright highlighted the administration's policy focus on expanding domestic oil, natural gas, refining capacity, and grid infrastructure to sustain economic expansion and counter geopolitical disruptions.

"The only way to a better America is more energy addition. Do we want to reshore manufacturing to the United States? Do we want to lead China in AI and get the benefits in drug discovery and reducing health care costs? Absolutely. But this is going to need tens, maybe hundreds of gigawatts of new electric generating capacity. This administration is all in on that," Wright stated, speaking to Fox News.

He noted that the primary pressure on consumer fuel costs stems from constraints in glo...