Shapiro’s White House trip to talk electricity prices could help him in 2026 and 2028

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) got a glimpse of the White House this week as speculation continues to grow he is eyeing a 2028 presidential campaign.

Alongside fellow possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), Shapiro was at the White House on Friday to help President Donald Trump’s administration put pressure on PJM Interconnection, the country’s largest electrical grid operator, to hold an auction for tech companies and data centers to bid on 15-year contracts for new electricity generation capacity.

The aim of the pressure campaign is to compel tech companies to pay for new power plants as the acceleration of artificial intelligence, in turn, mounts pressure on energy prices for everyday consumers — Trump’s latest attempt to address affordability and cost-of-living concerns, which are