Trump to Form National Energy Council, Led by Burgum

Trump had earlier named North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum prepares for a TV interview at the media filing center and spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ahead of the presidential debate between Republican nominee former President Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

President-elect Donald 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.