Power systems are not fixed by pause. They are fixed by building. Growth forces investment, infrastructure, and modernization. Stagnation delays solutions and compounds risk.
Freezing new projects does not lower costs. It prevents new supply from being built, locks in scarcity, slows scientific progress, and shifts costs onto existing customers over time.
The United States is not running out of energy resources. In fact, over 2000 gigawatts of power is in permitting and connecting backlogs. The constraint is institutional, not physical.
Studies show that new large loads do not increase prices when supply is allowed to expand and can reduce long-run costs by accelerating investment in new generation. Today’s price pressures stem from constrained supply, not demand growth itself.