After an uneven start, President-elect Donald Trump is hitting his stride on Cabinet nominations, especially when it comes to energy. He has assembled a strong roster of competent nominees who, once confirmed, will be in an excellent position to deliver on his promise to lower energy prices and ensure consistent supplies.

As secretary of the Interior, Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) will be empowered to undo much of the economic damage caused by his predecessor, Deb Haaland. Where Haaland closed off much of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, slowed offshore oil and gas lease auctions to a crawl, and banned mining on public lands holding vast deposits of rare Earth minerals, Burgum can unleash the power of the private sector to find, extract, and process the United States’s vast energy wealth to the benefit of consumers.