Rob Berntsen
Developer / IPP ExecutiveTrackEVP and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Xcel Energy
15
Deals Attributed
$643M
Deal Value
7.7
GW Capacity
2
Positions Held
Career Timeline
Attributed Deals(15 deals)
Deals attributed based on Rob Berntsen's role at the firm during the transaction.
2026(7 deals)
Feb 2026DeveloperColorado Near Term Procurement (NTP) — 10 projects: ~3,200-4,100 MW solar, wind, storage, and gas across ColoradoFinancingSolar + Storage3,196 MW
Feb 2026Developer1.9 GW clean energy package for Pine Island data center — 1,400 MW wind + 200 MW solar + 300 MW / 2,400 MWh LDES (Form Energy iron-air)PPASolar + Storage1,900 MW
Apr 2026DeveloperXcel Energy CapacityConnect Phase 2 — 50–200 MW utility-owned battery storage program, $430M budget, approved by Minnesota PUC on April 8, 2026OtherBESS$430M200 MW
Apr 2026DeveloperXcel Energy Plant X Solar — 150 MW utility-scale solar PV, near Earth, TX (Lamb County), ~1,200 acres — entered commercial service April 1, 2026OtherSolar150 MW
Apr 2026DeveloperXcel Energy Cunningham 1 Solar + Battery Storage — 72 MW solar + 36 MW BESS, near Hobbs, NM — entered commercial service April 1, 2026OtherSolar + Storage72 MW
Feb 2026OfftakerDusty Rose WindPPAWind502 MW
Feb 2026OfftakerMinnDakota WindPPAWind150 MW
2025(1 deal)
Dec 2025OfftakerMilo Wind ProjectPPAWind50 MW
2024(1 deal)
Feb 2024DeveloperFlat Top Wind IPPAWind200 MW
2020(4 deals)
Sep 2020Lender/ArrangerAviator Wind — 525 MW (Coke County TX), largest single-phase single-site US wind at CODFinancingWind525 MW
Jun 2020FinancierTG East WindFinancingWind336 MW
Nov 2020FinancierBitter Ridge Wind FarmFinancingWind$213M146.6 MW
Oct 2020FinancierWillow Creek Wind PowerFinancingWind105 MW
How deal attribution works: Deals are attributed to individuals based on their role at a firm during the transaction period. C-suite executives and senior partners/MDs are attributed deals where their firm was involved as a principal, counsel, advisor, or lender. This is an inference — not all attributed individuals necessarily worked directly on every deal.