President Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday accused Democrats of politicizing the rising cost of electricity for American consumers. Wright added, “Of course they’re going to double down on stupid and end up with even greater increases in electricity.” Energy Secretary Chris Wright blames Biden for high electricity prices:The green energy mandates they pushed at the national level under Biden and at the state level that's what drives up electricity prices. Peskoe explained: “There are two ways that data centers can raise rates for everyone. First, the utility is building new infrastructure to provide energy to data centers and spreads those costs to all ratepayers.