President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, Chris Wright, expects to resign as a board member from a company that recently received taxpayer-backed grants — getting ahead of possible conflict of interest accusations.
Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy, is on the board of directors for Oklo, a nuclear energy company in California backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In 2022 and 2023, the Energy Department awarded grants totaling $2.7 million to Oklo until 2025 and 2026, according to federal funding records.
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To watchdog groups, it would be a clear conflict of interest and in violation of federal rules for Wright, if confirmed by the Senate, to remain on the board of
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