Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI’s) Dan Brouillette announced that he is stepping down as the company’s president and CEO after less than a year.
Brouillette served as the United States Secretary of Energy in the Donald Trump administration from 2019 to 2021. Before that, he served as the deputy secretary of energy from August 2017 to December 2019. After his time in the Trump administration, Brouillette became the president of Sempra Infrastructure in July 2021. He became the president and CEO of EEI on January 1, 2024, after being selected by the board on August 16, 2023.
In a statement released by EEI, Brouillette said he worked throughout his career to make the U.S. energy independent, and pointed to the nation’s developments in small modular nuclear reactors, AI, energy resilience, and more during his tenure as a government employee.
“But today, our world stands at a critical juncture,” Brouillette said in the statement. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran’s assault on Israel, and China’s increasing assertiveness across the Indo-Pacific and the global south underscore the complex energy and security challenges we now face. Within the U.S., shifting regulatory, legislative, and judicial landscapes are challenging the creativity that has defined American energy leadership and prosperity.”
“This profound shift compels me to broaden my focus to the overarching issues facing our global energy landscape,” he continued. “With a deep sense of purpose, I have decided to leave my position as President & CEO of Edison Electric Institute later this year so that I can spend my time engaging directly with world business and policy leaders on these existential challenges, and hopefully prevent this age of innovation from becoming an age of limitation.”
Brouillette added that the EEI board of directors asked that he continues to serve as senior advisor to the board through the end of 2025.
EEI will be led by interim President & CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn while the Board of Directors conducts a national search for a permanent replacement.
Originally published in POWERGRID International.
