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Hap Ellis is a General Partner of RockPort Capital Partners, a venture capital firm with over $380 million under management that invests in companies in the Energy and Power, Advanced Materials, and Process and Prevention sectors.
Mr. Ellis has extensive operating experience in electric power generation and renewable energy. He was a member of the management team at Kenetech Corporation from 1991-1995, where he was responsible for expanding the portfolio of wind generation opportunities and introducing wind into utility systems across the country. He later was a partner in several electric-related companies, including most recently Casco Bay Energy Company, LLC, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy, which developed and owns a 520MW gas-fired electric generating station, and Acadia Bay Energy Company, LLC, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegheny Energy which developed a 638MW gas-fired electric generating station. In 1998 Mr. Ellis joined RockPort Partners, a merchant bank specializing in the energy and environmental sectors and helped form the venture fund in 2001.
Mr. Ellis received a BA from Colorado College and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. | 