US Energy Secretary Wright: Natural Gas Is “America’s Energy Superpower,” Prices Seen Flat for 5-10 Years

A sitting energy secretary publicly anchoring expectations of flat gas prices over a five-to-ten-year horizon is a notable signal for power-intensive industries, including bitcoin mining and data-center operators whose economics hinge on energy costs. The absence of any stated policy assumptions is the weakness: the claim is directionally useful but unverifiable, and it lands as a political statement as much as a market forecast. Whether such a prolonged flat-price regime actually materializes — and what it would mean for generation buildout and industrial demand — is the open question worth tracking.