America First Starts in Alabama: Kay Ivey's Bold Energy Plan

Governor Kay Ivey has just delivered a masterstroke for the future of Alabama-and it fits hand-in-glove with President Trump's MAGA agenda and the mission of the Energy Dominance Council. She signed the "Powering Growth" plan into law.

With her signature on this transformative legislation, Governor Ivey is leading the charge toward free-market energy expansion, regulatory reform, and investment in real American infrastructure. This is what pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-America leadership looks like.

Let's not forget President Trump's vision when he launched the Energy Dominance Council: unleash American energy, tear down bureaucratic barriers, and bring good-paying jobs back to heartland communities. Governor Ivey got the memo-and then some.

"In order to keep Alabama's economy growing, we've got to make sure that we have the power to support it," said Governor Ivey. "That's what Powering Growth is all about - making sure our energy infrastructure is robust enough to meet the demands of new industries, new jobs and a stronger future."

This is pure MAGAnomics: growth with purpose, investment without waste, and economic development that starts with energy freedom. The Powering Growth legislation creates the Alabama Energy Infrastructure Bank (AEIB), slashes red tape, and accelerates access to critical materials. It ensures Alabama is ready to meet industrial demand-not five years from now, but now.

As Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter rightly said: "This legislation represents a strategic investment in our state's future... ensuring sustainable growth that protects our citizens without raising taxes."

You heard that right: job creation, energy expansion, and no new taxes. That's what conservatives call a win-win-win.

Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair nailed it: energy availability is now the number one factor in site selection. Without power, there is no progress. But with the Powering Growth initiative, Alabama becomes a prime destination for manufacturing, logistics, and next-gen industry. This legislation isn't just about

flipping the switch on energy-it's about turning on the light for economic freedom and innovation.

The Alabama Energy Infrastructure Bank is a game-changer-a flexible financing tool designed to supercharge power infrastructure tied directly to job creation. It's the kind of market-driven model Washington should be studying. AEIB leverages state dollars to unlock private and federal capital without raising taxes. That's the MAGA formula: unleash capital, reward growth, and empower the private sector.

Special recognition goes to Senator Arthur Orr and Senate Pro Tem Garlan Gudger for ensuring that rural Alabama takes center stage in this initiative. As Gudger said: "We worked to include language in these bills that ensures a significant portion of this investment goes to rural Alabama... Energy security and dominance is critical for growth."

That's the kind of Main Street-first policy the MAGA movement is all about.

Let's be clear: Alabama is showing the rest of the country how it's done. While Washington dithers, Alabama delivers. While the Left obsesses over ESG mandates and trillion-dollar boondoggles like the Green New Deal, Governor Ivey and the Alabama legislature are investing in real, productive energy infrastructure that creates real jobs for real Americans.

This package is a model for MAGA energy policy nationwide-bottom-up, locally focused, and laser-targeted at cutting delays, unleashing private capital, and turning "shovel-ready" dreams into "move-in ready" reality. It's also a strong rebuke to the doomsayers and declinists like Former Obama advisor Larry Summers and his fellow globalists. While they jet-set to Davos to tell Americans our best days are behind us, leaders like Kay Ivey are proving them wrong-by building, investing, and powering up America's future from Mobile to Muscle Shoals.

So let's call this what it is: Alabama's declaration of energy independence. It's a shining example of America First economics in action.

It's time other states look south for inspiration. If you want energy security and economic growth, Alabama has just shown you the road map.

Governor Ivey, Speaker Ledbetter, Senator Orr, and Pro Tem Gudger-you've lit the fuse. Now let Alabama lead the charge.

Let's power growth. Let's power freedom. Let's power America. Because as former Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow always says: Free market

capitalism is the best path to prosperity.