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  • Why American Energy Funds?

AEF has the opportunity to

  • partner with experienced operators in various "off-market" drilling projects and recompletions

  • provide capital solutions to oil, gas, and solar companies in exchange for high yield interest payments, royalties and ownership interests. The Fund will deploy its capital in a diversified manner to maximize income and tax deductions while mitigating risk.

  • Why American Energy Funds?

AEF has the opportunity to

  • partner with experienced operators in various "off-market" drilling projects and recompletions

  • provide capital solutions to oil, gas, and solar companies in exchange for high yield interest payments, royalties and ownership interests. The Fund will deploy its capital in a diversified manner to maximize income and tax deductions while mitigating risk.

  • Why American Energy Funds?

AEF has the opportunity to

  • partner with experienced operators in various "off-market" drilling projects and recompletions

  • provide capital solutions to oil, gas, and solar companies in exchange for high yield interest payments, royalties and ownership interests. The Fund will deploy its capital in a diversified manner to maximize income and tax deductions while mitigating risk.

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THIS IS ENERGY IN ACTION

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America’s energy grid under pressure

The Grid is Under Threat — And That’s Your Edge

May 02, 20252 min read

Hey — quick reality check.

This week, Trump didn’t just sign a document—he framed the U.S. power grid as a national security emergency. Why? Because demand is exploding: AI data centers are hungry, factories are roaring back, and our fragile, over-engineered grid is already choking on the load.

He called it what it is: a crisis. And in every crisis, two types of people emerge—spectators... and positioned investors.


Here’s the Frame:

Trump’s executive order tells the Department of Energy to stop daydreaming and start securing. Real energy. Fuel-on-site energy. Energy that works when the grid breaks. Nuclear. Nat gas. Coal.

Not feel-good windmills that fail at 5 p.m.
Not solar arrays that tap out on cloudy Tuesdays.

This isn’t about hugging electrons—it’s about holding the line.


Here’s the Threat:

We are facing capacity shortfalls so severe, they make rolling blackouts look like warm-ups. When the lights go out, your Tesla doesn’t charge, hospitals scramble, and AI servers go dark. This is economic warfare on home soil.

If you're betting on “transition narratives” instead of power that flows, you’re betting against uptime. You're betting against reality.


Here’s the Move:

The DOE now has 30 days to expose the weak links—plant by plant, region by region. No modeling. No politics. Just raw data, pointing to one brutal truth: resilience wins.

And we’re already here.

At American Energy Fund, we’ve been pounding the table on this exact setup for years. While policymakers were virtue-signaling, we were asset-loading. We hold the infrastructure that gets paid to stay online when the world goes offline.


The Game Has Changed.

The era of fantasy energy policy is over. Real-world performance is now the metric. Grid resilience is now the currency.

And the investors who get that? They’re not scrolling headlines. They’re collecting checks.


Let’s recap:

✔️ Executive order unlocks dormant power
✔️ Grid resilience becomes national policy
✔️ Assets we already hold are center-stage
✔️ Returns move from speculative… to structural

This is the edge you prepare for—not react to.


Final Word:

You don’t need to “hope” the energy transition works.
You need to own the power that turns on when hope fails.

Let’s talk real deals, real returns, and real security.

– American Energy Fund Team

P.S. Want to see where we’re placing capital before the market catches up? Hit reply. We’ll show you the signal behind the noise.

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Mikey Lucas

At the American Energy Fund, our Mission is to capitalize and promote the transition to an economical sustainable future for humanity through impactful investments in American energy infrastructure and technologies. Inquire with Mikey Lucas or Bradford Behrins to learn how you can partner with us.

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America’s energy grid under pressure

The Grid is Under Threat — And That’s Your Edge

May 02, 20252 min read

Hey — quick reality check.

This week, Trump didn’t just sign a document—he framed the U.S. power grid as a national security emergency. Why? Because demand is exploding: AI data centers are hungry, factories are roaring back, and our fragile, over-engineered grid is already choking on the load.

He called it what it is: a crisis. And in every crisis, two types of people emerge—spectators... and positioned investors.


Here’s the Frame:

Trump’s executive order tells the Department of Energy to stop daydreaming and start securing. Real energy. Fuel-on-site energy. Energy that works when the grid breaks. Nuclear. Nat gas. Coal.

Not feel-good windmills that fail at 5 p.m.
Not solar arrays that tap out on cloudy Tuesdays.

This isn’t about hugging electrons—it’s about holding the line.


Here’s the Threat:

We are facing capacity shortfalls so severe, they make rolling blackouts look like warm-ups. When the lights go out, your Tesla doesn’t charge, hospitals scramble, and AI servers go dark. This is economic warfare on home soil.

If you're betting on “transition narratives” instead of power that flows, you’re betting against uptime. You're betting against reality.


Here’s the Move:

The DOE now has 30 days to expose the weak links—plant by plant, region by region. No modeling. No politics. Just raw data, pointing to one brutal truth: resilience wins.

And we’re already here.

At American Energy Fund, we’ve been pounding the table on this exact setup for years. While policymakers were virtue-signaling, we were asset-loading. We hold the infrastructure that gets paid to stay online when the world goes offline.


The Game Has Changed.

The era of fantasy energy policy is over. Real-world performance is now the metric. Grid resilience is now the currency.

And the investors who get that? They’re not scrolling headlines. They’re collecting checks.


Let’s recap:

✔️ Executive order unlocks dormant power
✔️ Grid resilience becomes national policy
✔️ Assets we already hold are center-stage
✔️ Returns move from speculative… to structural

This is the edge you prepare for—not react to.


Final Word:

You don’t need to “hope” the energy transition works.
You need to own the power that turns on when hope fails.

Let’s talk real deals, real returns, and real security.

– American Energy Fund Team

P.S. Want to see where we’re placing capital before the market catches up? Hit reply. We’ll show you the signal behind the noise.

U.S. power grid crisisenergy grid investment opportunitiesnational energy security 2025Trump energy executive orderenergy infrastructure investmentgrid reliability and resiliencepower grid emergency responseprivate capital energy sectornuclear and natural gas investmentsAI data center energy demandenergy investing during grid crisisAmerican energy infrastructureresilient energy investmentsstrategic energy assetsinvesting in grid stabilitywhat Trump’s executive order means for energy investorshow to invest in U.S. power grid upgradesfuel-secure energy infrastructureblackouts and energy market strategyenergy policy shift 2025energy grid investing for high returnsbest energy sectors for private capitalcoal and nuclear energy investments 2025grid reliability investment thesisenergy grid vulnerabilities USAAmerican Energy Fund investment strategyenergy investing with private equity returnspost-net-zero investment opportunitieshigh-yield energy infrastructure portfolio
blog author image

Mikey Lucas

At the American Energy Fund, our Mission is to capitalize and promote the transition to an economical sustainable future for humanity through impactful investments in American energy infrastructure and technologies. Inquire with Mikey Lucas or Bradford Behrins to learn how you can partner with us.

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For additional important risks, disclosures, and information, please visit americanenergyfund.io/disclosure

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