The article predicts that the most significant energy-price increases will be delayed until after 2030 due to current clean-energy projects.

The Prediction in Context

Source: www.theatlantic.com

Thanks to the numerous clean-energy projects in the pipeline today, the sharpest energy-price increases won't come into effect until after 2030. Congressional Republicans might be betting that the consequences of their legislation will take long enough to materialize that they won't be blamed. By that time, a Democratic president could very well be in office, stuck with the higher energy costs sown by their predecessor, reaping the political whirlwind.