CEI Applauds Launch of President Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council  

President Trump on February 14 issued an executive order establishing a new National Energy Dominance Council within the Executive Office of the President. The Council’s members include the heads of eight executive agencies and nine White House offices. Chaired by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and vice-chaired by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, the Council will help President Trump develop a national energy dominance strategy to lower energy prices, mitigate price shocks to American families, and de-risk the energy supply chain for our Nation as well as our allies. 

CEI Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis commented: 

“This is welcome news. Unlike the previous administration, which increased US reliance on oil imports from OPEC and critical minerals from China by rigging domestic markets against reliable energy from fossil fuels, President Trump seeks to emancipate all sources of reliable American energy to compete in domestic and overseas markets. The president also seeks to accelerate the permitting of new energy infrastructure, including the power plants needed to support hundreds of new data centers and US leadership in artificial intelligence. President Trump is correct that clearing away impediments to America’s global leadership in energy production and exports will lower energy prices, enhance US economic security, create millions of new well-paying jobs, and strengthen US competitiveness in advanced technologies such as AI.”