What is United States Secretary of Energy?
{{Infobox official post | post = United States Secretary | body = Energy | flag = Flag of the United States Secretary of Energy.svg | flagborder = yes | flagsize = 130 | flagcaption = Flag of the secretary | insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Energy.svg | insigniasize = 120 | insigniacaption = Seal of the department | image = Secretary Chris Wright Official Portrait.jpg | incumbent = [[Chris Wright]] | incumbentsince = February 4, 2025 | acting = | department = [[United States Department of Energy]] | style = Madam Secretary (informal)<br />[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]] (formal) | member_of = [[United States Cabinet]]<br />[[United States National Security Council]] | reports_to = [[President of the United States]] | seat = [[James V. Forrestal Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]] | appointer = The [[President of the United States]] | appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]] | termlength = No fixed term | constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|42|7131}} | formation = August 6, 1977 | first = [[James R. Schlesinger]] | succession = [[United States presidential line of succession|Fifteenth]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19 |title=3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act &#124; US Law &#124; LII / Legal Information Institute |publisher=Law.cornell.edu |access-date=June 14, 2017}}</ref> | deputy = [[United States Deputy Secretary of Energy|Deputy Secretary]] | salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, level I]] | website = {{url|https://www.energy.gov|Energy.gov}} }} The '''United States Secretary of Energy''' is the head of the [[United States Department of Energy]], a member of the [[President of the United States|President's]] [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]], and fifteenth in the [[United States presidential line of succession|Presidential line of succession]]. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Energy on Octobe