Peter Lake, a key architect of President Donald Trump’s effort to to grow electricity production for artificial intelligence, is leaving his position at the White House’s National Energy Dominance Council at the end of this month.
Lake, a former chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, served as senior director of power for the NEDC, where he helped drive the White House proposals designed to enable data centers to quickly connect to the power grid while establishing measures to help protect ratepayers from additional costs.
A White House official said no decisions on a replacement had yet been made, but that “NEDC is evaluating several interested candidates” from inside the administration.
NEDC Chair and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touted Lake’s “strategic vision, steady guidance and deep real-world expertise.” Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited Lake’s “extensive electric grid experience, intelligence, and passion for reliable, affordable, secure electricity” for having “hugely contributed to NEDC’s success.”
