In addition to leading the Interior Department, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) will also serve as a broad energy coordinator across the federal government, President-elect Trump announced Friday.
“I am thrilled to announce that Doug Burgum, the Governor of North Dakota, will be joining my Administration as both Secretary of the Interior and, as Chairman of the newly formed, and very important, National Energy Council,” Trump said in a statement.
He said that this new council will include “all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy.”
“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,” Trump added.
He said that in this role, Burgum will also have a seat on the White House’s National Security Council.
This story is developing and will be updated.
