What Energy Secretary Wright gets wrong about the grid

Published on February 10, 2026

Last Friday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright held a press conference to talk about how the power grid didn’t collapse during late January’s Winter Storm Fern . Some of the things he said were true. Others weren’t. It’s important to know the difference — especially as the Trump administration routinely uses…

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