Infrastructure Investment: The Key to Energy Dominance & Economic Prosperity

History may not always repeat itself, but it often rhymes. And throughout America’s history, infrastructure investment has driven many of the nation’s significant economic leaps forward.

Whether it was James Monroe’s advocacy for new roads, canals, and bridges; Abraham Lincoln’s leadership enabling transcontinental railways; or the federal highway system championed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, public-private infrastructure partnerships have reliably served as an economic catalyst.

The nation’s infrastructure is once again at a critical juncture. Strategic competition with China on artificial intelligence is straining the U.S. power grid, as new data centers are struggling to come online due to challenges in connecting to new power generation. Persistent inflation and gaps in wealth and income have left many Americans struggling to pay their bills. And recent extreme weather events have left millions without power — and disrupted operations at military bases.

A common thread among these seemingly disparate challenges is a lack of adequate transmission lines connecting America’s balkanized power grids. That lack of infrastructure is contributing to generally rising energy costs, preventing consumer savings on electricity, specifically.

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