Trump to Form New National Energy Council, Led by Doug Burgum

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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was nominated to lead the Department of Interior and also serve as the chairman of a new energy council.

President-elect Donald J. Trump announced a proposed new council to implement his far-reaching energy policies to be led by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his pick to lead the Department of the Interior.

Burgum will chair “the newly formed, and very important, National Energy Council, which will consist of all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy,” Trump announced in a Nov. 15 statement from his transition team.

“This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments across all sectors of the Economy, and by focusing on INNOVATION over longstanding, but totally unnecessary, regulation.”

His announcement stressed the importance of his energy agenda to facilitating American dominance of artificial intelligence as well as peacemaking through an expansion of U.S. power.

As chair of the new council, Burgum will also have a seat on the White House National Security Council, Trump said.

The president-elect also highlighted his plans for the electrical grid by “dramatically increasing baseload power.” This, he said, will cut electrical bills for Americans and businesses and stave off blackouts.

On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly said that restoring American energy independence was crucial to improving its prestige on the world stage.

“President Trump’s unleashing of American energy allowed the U.S. to stand up to dictators without any concern for their energy markets,” a statement from the incoming president’s Agenda 47 reads.

Trump has yet to announce his pick for energy secretary, another role critical to advancing his energy-related proposals.

This is a developing story and will be updated.