The deputy secretary of energy is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Energy. The deputy secretary is the second-highest-ranking official of the department and assists the secretary of energy in the supervision and direction of the department. The deputy secretary succeeds the secretary in their absence, sickness, or unavailability.
The deputy secretary is appointed by the president with the consent of the United States Senate to serve at the request of the president.
History The position of deputy secretary of energy was formed on October 1, 1977, with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.
Deputy secretaries of energy The following persons served as the deputy secretary of energy:
ImageDeputy secretaryTook officeLeft office12 ActingLynn Coleman3W. Kenneth Davis45William Flynn Martin6Joseph F. Salgado78Linda Stuntz 9William H. White10Charles B. Curtis August 1995May 199711Betsy Moler 1997199812T.J. GlauthierMarch 18, 1999200113Frank Blake14Kyle E. McSlarrow15Clay Sell ActingJeffrey Kupfer16Daniel Poneman17Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall18Dan BrouilletteActingMark Menezes1920David Turk21James DanlyIncumbent
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