hgp storage
hgp storage
Energy Storage Asset Management

leadership

Gregory Forero

Founder & CEO

  • Co-founder and CEO of HGP Storage and Highgate Power (distributed generation companies) with over 25 years of experience in the energy sector

  • Corporate career spanned senior roles at several financial institutions and large energy merchants (UBS AG, Williams, Constellation, TXU)

  • Co-managed 4 GW of CAISO generation assets through deregulation (1998)

  • Managed the deregulation of ERCOT for incumbent utility TXU with 18 GW of generation assets and load (from 2001)

  • As Head of Energy Derivatives at UBS, Greg managed a team of traders and quants, modeling and taking positions in wholesale electricity markets across the United States (2007)

  • Developed DER assets in ERCOT since 2013, providing reliability in areas dominated by wind generation

  • MSc, Financial Mathematics, from the University of Chicago; BA, Economics, Wesleyan University

 

Evan Caron

Managing Partner

  • Career spanning 20 years of electricity/natural gas expertise in trading, finance, structuring and risk management

  • Former Head of North American trading at Trailstone Group (a Riverstone company)

  • Founder/CEO ClearTrace, a venture backed emissions and carbon management company

  • Director and Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Mercuria Energy

  • BA, Finance, Binghamton School of Management

  • Co-developed 20+ distributed energy assets and over 200MW of resiliency and micro-grid solutions in ERCOT

  • Former board member and investor in MP2 Energy (Shell Company)

 

DJ Withee

Chief Operating Officer & Legal Counsel

  • 22 years representing energy market participants as external and in-house counsel

  • General Counsel (North America) to mid-size commodity trading company

  • Extensive experience negotiating and drafting power supply, hedging and credit support arrangements

  • Primary legal responsibility for introducing new products and entering new markets

  • Juris Doctor - University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law

  • Master of Business Administration - New York University Stern School of Business (Specializations: Entrepreneurship, Strategy)

 

Ken Brunkenhoefer

Director of Engineering

  • 40+ years of service with the utility industry Oncor/TXU

  • Distributed resource interconnections with the distribution system of Oncor

  • Support for sales and purchases of large wholesale power commercial and industrial (C&I)

  • Utility construction, energy utilization, and general project management for large commercial and industrial customers

HGP brings the breadth of experience and proven track record to deliver returns in energy storage while supporting the world’s transition to renewable energy resources.