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Clean Energy

Clean Energy Advisory & Development

Utility-scale renewables (solar, wind, storage), project development, project finance, and the M&A/advisory ecosystem around renewable assets.

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Experts
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Companies

Experts

Grouped by archetype · searchable

Founder / Operator

6

Strategic Advisor

8
JW

Jon Wellinghoff

Chief Regulatory Officer (Voltus); CEO (GridPolicy); Partner (Stoel Rives)

Voltus / GridPolicy / Stoel Rives

Advisor2 themesReno

The most influential living former regulator on distributed-energy and grid-edge market design. Uniquely placed to advise on regulatory risk in DER, VPP, and transmission investments.

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Cheryl LaFleur

Chairman of the Board (ISO New England); Adjunct Senior Research Scholar (Columbia CGEP)

ISO-NE / Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy

Advisor2 themesBoston

Singular dual perspective: as ISO-NE Chair she shapes how a major U.S. RTO actually integrates clean-energy resources at scale, while as FERC veteran she knows what's actually possible regulatorily.

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Richard (Rich) Glick

Founder & Principal

GQ New Energy Strategies

Advisor2 themesWashington

The most recent former FERC Chair, now running an active D.C. consulting practice. Current pulse on what FERC under Christie is and isn't likely to do.

MS

M. Susan Hardwick

Board Director (Tetra Tech); Former President & CEO (American Water)

Tetra Tech / Previously American Water

Advisor2 themesCamden

Most recently sitting CEO of the largest U.S. publicly-traded water utility. Top-tier advisor for any water-utility-adjacent thesis.

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Ernest (Ernie) Moniz

President & CEO (Energy Futures Initiative); Co-Chair of the Board (NTI); Board Advisor (Angeleno Group)

Energy Futures Initiative

Advisor2 themesWashington

Most credible cross-domain advisor in US energy: ex-Cabinet secretary, working academic, active board member, and policy architect. A call with Moniz contextualizes any clean-energy or grid thesis.

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Hal Harvey

Founder Emeritus (Energy Innovation); Senior Fellow (Paulson Institute, U Chicago)

Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology

Advisor2 themesSan Francisco

The dean of U.S. clean-energy policy philanthropy. Most-quoted independent voice on what energy policy interventions actually move emissions and costs.

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Jigar Shah

Partner (Powerhouse Ventures); Senior Fellow (World Resources Institute); Co-Founder (Multiplier*); Advisory Chair (Deploy Action)

Powerhouse Ventures; multiple advisory roles

Advisor2 themesWashington

Most operationally-versed voice in U.S. climate finance: built one of the seminal clean-energy businesses, then ran the largest single block of clean-energy financing in U.S. history.

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Christine Tezak

Senior Director, Research (Managing Director, retired from active coverage 2024)

ClearView Energy Partners

Advisor2 themesWashington

One of the most respected independent energy-policy analysts in Washington; her transition out of daily coverage means she's available for senior-investor conversations she wouldn't have had bandwidth for before.

Investment Banker

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Legal / Service Provider

5

Peer Fund / Dealmaker

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Adebayo (Bayo) Ogunlesi

Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO; Senior MD, BlackRock

Global Infrastructure Partners (BlackRock)

Fund GP2 themesNew York

The most consequential infrastructure capital allocator in the world post-BlackRock combination. Sets the gravitational center for the entire space.

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Connor Teskey

CEO, Brookfield Asset Management

Brookfield

Fund GP2 themesToronto

The single most credible energy-transition fund-manager voice globally; now running the entire $1T+ Brookfield Asset Management platform.

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Sachin Shah

CEO, Brookfield Wealth Solutions

Brookfield

Fund GPToronto

Connor Teskey's predecessor at Brookfield Renewable. Deep emerging-markets renewables knowledge plus a current view from Brookfield's wealth-channel capital formation.

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Anthony Borreca

Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of Energy

Stonepeak

Fund GPLondon

Leads Stonepeak's energy-transition deployment. Directly comparable peer with the most relevant deal velocity in the mid-market.

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Benoit Allehaut

Managing Director, Global Infrastructure

KKR

Fund GPNew York

Active KKR principal in North American renewables development partnerships. Useful pipeline-share or co-bid counterpart.

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Tim Short

Founder & Managing Partner

Acadia Infrastructure Capital

Fund GPNew York

Second-mover but rising principal on KKR's renewables team. Likely to be a more accessible counterpart than Bayo Ogunlesi or Raj Agrawal for active deal dialogue.

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Sadek Wahba

Founder & Managing Partner

I Squared Capital

Fund GP3 themesMiami

Mid-large-cap infrastructure GP with the most public conviction on U.S. grid build-out as a multi-decade investment thesis.

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Andrew N. Pike

Partner, Co-Head Infrastructure & Power

Ares Management

Fund GP2 themesNew York

Co-leads one of the most active infrastructure-and-power funds in the mid-large-cap market. Directly comparable peer.

Companies

Ranked by edge depth
Developer4

Sunrun

U.S. leader in residential solar, battery storage, and energy-services subscriptions. Public on NASDAQ as RUN.

Advisor3

Latham & Watkins

Global law firm with the leading tax-equity and project-finance practice in U.S. renewable energy.

Developer2

Brookfield Renewable Partners

One of the world's largest pure-play public renewable-power platforms; subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management.

Fund · Service3

KKR

Global alternative investment firm; KKR Global Infrastructure has deployed ~$20B and ~12.5 GW into renewables over the past decade.

Advisor2

Lazard

Independent investment bank; #1 financial advisor for U.S. power-sector M&A in 2024 ($22.8B / 23 deals).

Developer2

Origis Energy

U.S. solar developer with active tax-equity-financed pipeline across the Southeast.

Fund · Service1

Global Infrastructure Partners

World's largest dedicated infrastructure-fund manager (>$100B AUM); acquired by BlackRock in October 2024 for $12.5B.

Fund · Service1

Stonepeak

Alternative-investment firm focused on infrastructure and real assets, ~$84B AUM.

Fund · Service1

BlackRock

World's largest asset manager (~$11T AUM); acquired GIP in October 2024 to anchor its alternatives platform.

Utility · RTO1

AES Corporation

U.S. global power generation and utility company; subject of $33.4B BlackRock/GIP + EQT take-private (2025).

Utility · RTO1

Green Mountain Power

Vermont's largest electric utility; world's first B Corp utility under Mary Powell's leadership (2008–2019).

Fund · Service1

Fairtide

Industrial-decarbonization investment firm founded by Nat Kreamer; portfolio includes AMP Robotics, Highland Electric Fleets, Formic Technologies, Charge Robotics, Synop.ai.

Developer1

Apex Clean Energy

Independent U.S. renewable-energy developer with utility-scale wind and solar pipeline.

Developer1

rPlus Energies

Western-U.S. renewable-energy developer; closed $650M Blacks Creek Energy Center project financing (2024).

Fund · Service1

Energy Capital Partners

Energy-focused private-equity firm; sold 50% stake in Terra-Gen to Masdar in 2024 (Lazard advised).

Developer1

Masdar

UAE state-backed renewable-energy developer; acquired 50% of Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners (Lazard advised, 2024).

Software1

Voltus

U.S. distributed-energy-resource (DER) aggregator and virtual power plant (VPP) operator; enrolls commercial and industrial loads into wholesale markets.

Advisor1

GQ New Energy Strategies

Energy regulatory and policy consulting firm founded May 2023 by former FERC Chair Rich Glick and former FERC chief of staff Pamela Quinlan.

Utility · RTO1

ISO New England

Independent system operator (RTO) for the New England wholesale electricity market.

Equipment1

Inlyte Energy

Long-duration energy-storage company commercializing iron-sodium battery technology for grid applications.

Developer1

Crossover Energy Partners

Clean-energy development platform partnered with KKR (announced 2024) to accelerate U.S. project development.

Equipment1

GE Vernova

Pure-play global power and grid equipment, software, and services company; NYSE-listed since 2024 spin-off from General Electric.

Software1

AutoGrid

VPP / DERMS software platform; acquired by Schneider Electric in May 2022. Deployed in 20+ countries managing 8+ GW of VPP capacity. Guidehouse-ranked #1 globally.

Fund · Service2

Macquarie Asset Management

World's largest infrastructure-asset manager and a major investor in renewable energy, transport, telecom, and water.

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Fund · Service1

I Squared Capital

Miami-based global infrastructure private-equity firm with $50B+ AUM. Founded 2012 by former Morgan Stanley Infrastructure executives.

Fund · Service2

Ares Management

Global alternative-investment manager; Ares Infrastructure & Power is one of the most active U.S. mid-large-cap funds in renewables and grid services.

Developer1

SB Energy

SoftBank Group's U.S. renewables platform; received $600M strategic equity investment from Ares Management (2022).

Advisor1

Wright & Talisman

D.C. boutique law firm devoted exclusively to energy law and FERC-regulated industries for 70+ years; particularly noted for representing RTOs at FERC.

Fund · Service1

Tetra Tech

Global engineering and consulting firm focused on water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, and energy projects. NASDAQ: TTEK.

Advisor1

Energy Futures Initiative

Nonprofit energy-policy research and convening organization founded by Ernest Moniz in 2017.

Advisor1

Bracewell

U.S. law firm with one of the leading FERC and energy regulatory practices, particularly in transmission, power generation, and renewables.

Advisor1

DLA Piper

Global law firm; energy regulatory practice anchored in D.C. with new energy regulatory leader Paul Wight (2024).

Advisor5

Goldman Sachs

Global investment bank; Power, Utilities & Infrastructure franchise serves the largest U.S. utility and infrastructure M&A flow.

Advisor2

Bank of America

Global bank; Natural Resources & Energy Transition group built out under Todd Giardinelli (2025) as a strategic priority.

Advisor2

Morgan Stanley

Global investment bank with a long-tenured Power, Utilities & Renewables franchise; recently rebuilding after Todd Giardinelli's departure to BofA.

Advisor1

Citigroup

Global bank; Power, Utilities & Renewables franchise (Tyler Miller's former home) is now in re-build after his departure to Goldman.

Advisor1

Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology

Independent energy and environmental policy research firm; publisher of the U.S. Energy Policy Simulator used by federal and state policymakers.

Fund · Service1

Powerhouse Ventures

Climate-tech venture capital firm focused on the energy transition.

Utility · RTO1

U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office

U.S. federal program that provides loans and loan guarantees to advanced energy projects. Under the IRA, the LPO was granted $400B+ in loan authority.

Advisor1

ClearView Energy Partners

Washington, D.C.-based independent research firm specializing in U.S. energy policy and electricity-markets analysis.