Gabriella Hoffman, director of the independent Women’s Forum Center for Energy and Conservation, spoke to Fox News Digital about her new report that found more American-made production and consumption is ‘very good for us.’
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“I don’t think energy efficiency and abundance are contradictory to each other. That’s why energy abundance… is resonating so much in both the private sector, the public sector, and the Trump administration,” Gabriella Hoffman, director of the independent Women’s Forum Center for Energy and Conservation, told Fox News Digital.
He added, “More production, more consumption with American-made energy is very good for us.” “It’s no harm.”
a new reportWritten by Hoffman and released exclusively to Fox News Digital on Monday, it argues that economic prosperity and environmental protection go hand in hand – and that energy efficiency should not mean energy reduction.
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Meeting growing energy demand driven by manufacturing, technology, transportation, air conditioning use and artificial intelligence (AI) data centers means reducing reliance on countries such as China, Iran and Russia, which “degrade the environment in the pursuit of cheap energy”, the report said.
A new report on energy abundance in the US emphasizes the need to use all reliable electricity sources to meet growing electricity demands. (Getty Images)
“As we become more prosperous as a society, as we have to meet this increasing electricity demand, more energy production and consumption in the United States is not a bad thing… We need to move away from the notion that energy abundance is going to harm the environment… or that we have to radically decarbonize and move from a predominantly fossil fuel-based and nuclear-based economy to a 100% renewable economy Have to move in,” Hoffman explained.
“We have a lot of people consuming energy and we don’t have reliable energy to match that consumption level, which is putting us in this very dangerous situation — that’s why we’re seeing skyrocketing bills, we’re seeing higher energy prices overall,” he said.
Earlier this month, the US Energy Information Administration estimated electricity consumption will reach record highs over the next two years – rising to 4,191 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025 and 4,305 billion kWh in 2026, up from 4,097 billion kWh in 2024, largely driven by AI data centers.
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Hoffman emphasizes the adoption of “all reliable baseload power sources” and calls for expanding diverse, reliable energy options – including oil, gas, coal, Nuclear and geothermal – rather than being phased out in favor of renewable energy.
Natural gas accounts for the largest share of US electricity generation at 43.1%, followed by nuclear (20%), coal (16.2%) and geothermal (0.4%), the report said. It also estimates that under net-zero policies the US economy could lose $7.7 trillion in GDP by 2040 – as well as cut 1.2 million jobs and increase electricity rates by 19% by 2028.
“Every state in America, all 50 states, must aspire to be energy independent. It is not enough to rely on Texas, Pennsylvania and other energy-producing states,” Hoffman said. “We are in the laboratory of democracy. Every state can play with energy as it wants, but the reality is – that if you rely on unreliable energy, only solar and wind, you will invite energy shortages.”
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“From the point of view of our Center for Independent Women’s Energy and Protection, we as a Center are largely satisfied with the situation that The Trump administration has adopted and the policies, particularly energy controls, that they have implemented. They’re looking for lost time,” Hoffman reflected nationally.
“The Trump administration has said that this situation of abundance that we have is really going to rebalance things, ensuring that the market – not the government – is determining which sources will work, will be well received by the public and which can be adequately shored up, produced, approved, and the electricity and other derivatives can reach the American people in a timely manner.”
According to the report, energy abundance can be additionally achieved when steps are taken to reduce red tape, impose less burdensome regulations on industry players, and allow equitable access to leases on public lands and waters.
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Hoffman says overregulation remains the biggest obstacle to domestic energy production.
He said, “The National Environmental Policy Act, which is NEPA, is the grandchild of allowing reform… When that law has not been successfully modernized… it has actually prevented us from building new nuclear, new coal, new natural gas, and even geothermal and hydroelectric stations and facilities.”
“So allowing reform to help Americans obtain more energy would be done responsibly, safely, and with the greatest concern for national security interests.”
For Critics of energy abundanceHoffman claims there is a good opportunity for honest debate about why the abundance currency is “superior.”
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He argued, “It’s time for them to move with the times. It may be a little difficult for them to do that because they have a vested interest. Maybe they’re really engaged in investing, they’re getting a lot of funding in support of it, and you can’t offend your donors and supporters to send a message. But I think reality will force them to probably give in a little bit.”
“A lot of legacy environments have acknowledged (that) we need natural gas, so I think reality will show them that their policy is not practical because of the reality about increased demand and higher electricity prices.”
