U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he was creating a National Energy Council to coordinate his administration's strategy to loosen regulations around energy production and boost U.S. output.
The body will be led by Trump's pick for interior secretary, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, who as chair of the National Energy Council will also have a seat on the National Security Council.
"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 said in a statement.