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Wright Discusses LNG Approvals and Energy Infrastructure with Charles Payne

March 5, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:04:04

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined Charles Payne on Fox Business on March 5, 2025, according to the Department of Energy. Wright said markets were already discounting the changed environment after four years in which, in his account, the industry was shackled and supply reduced to drive prices up, contrasted with a president he described as pro-American and pro-consumer who wants lower energy prices and more opportunity, as he stated it.

Wright said what is next is infrastructure: parts of the country like New England and the West Coast sit near low-cost energy but cannot access it for lack of pipelines or transmission lines, and the administration wants things built with private capital and private businesses while government gets out of the way, as he stated it. The goal, he said, is low-cost energy lowering home heating bills, electricity prices, and gas-tank costs while bringing businesses and higher-paying jobs to communities, as he stated it.

Asked whether energy states like Louisiana can get extra help to expedite projects, Wright said he had signed that morning the administration’s second LNG approval permit after the prior freeze, 45 days in, with more in the pipeline, most on the Louisiana or Texas coasts, as he stated it.

Why it matters

The interview is an early-tenure marker: Wright’s stated second LNG approval at day 45 and his infrastructure-first sequence — pipelines and transmission before price relief reaches high-cost regions — as he stated them, set expectations his later approvals record can be measured against.

Scoreboard watch

Wright stated he signed the administration’s second LNG approval permit on March 5, 2025, 45 days in, with more in the pipeline, as he stated it — checkable against the Energy Department’s LNG authorization record.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright joins Fox Business’s Charles Payne - March 5th, 2025”, 2025-03-05 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-03-05). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.