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Peter Lake is an American businessman who serves as the Senior Director of Power for the White House National Energy Dominance Council as of 2025. He has also held roles as the chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from 2021 to 2023, and as chairman of the Texas Water Development Board from 2018 to 2021.
In April 2021, Greg Abbott appointed Lake as chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, following the resignation of DeAnn Walker from the position. The appointment came in the aftermath of the 2021 Texas power crisis.
As PUC chairman, Lake was tasked with rebuilding stakeholder trust and increasing transparency. He initiated several public work sessions to drive grid reforms and oversaw the creation of the agency's Office of Public Engagement. He also worked closely with the Texas Legislature to implement changes, playing a key role in executing Senate Bill 3, which overhauled the state's power grid.
Lake implemented several significant reforms, including new winterization requirements for power plants and fuel sources, and oversaw changes to the grid operations of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to increase reliability. He also led the development of the "performance credit mechanism," a first-of-its-kind proposal designed to incentivize power generators to be available during peak periods. He also "pushed through a market change proposal designed to create an additional way for gas-fueled power plant generators to make money, hoping to spur construction of more power plants".Emily Foxhall, " Power grid vulnerable as winter nears", El Paso Times (December 4, 2023), p. A5.
During Lake's tenure, the state experienced no system-wide blackouts despite facing periods of record-breaking electricity demand. Lake resigned from the position in June 2023 but remained on the board as a commissioner through the following month. In 2025, Lake was appointed Senior Director of Power for the White House's National Energy Dominance Council.
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