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Nicole Fabri Zandoli: President, Founder
Brooklyn, New York
Nicole Fabri Zandoli has been brokering renewable energy credits since 2000, at the very creation of the REC markets in the United States. She was a key player in the early development of the REC markets in the United States, providing liquidity as a broker and shaping policy as an environmental market expert and public speaker. In 2006, after five years as lead architect for REC brokerage desks at two Wall Street brokerage firms (Natsource and GFI/Amerex), Nicole left New York and founded Clear Energy. Her intimate familiarity with this complex marketplace and with the patchwork nature of the regional trading and shifting policy that characterize it distinguishes her among brokers. She has completed over 300 transactions, totaling nearly $150 million in total contract value, representing several hundreds of millions of RECs, in virtually every renewable technology and in every renewable trading region in the United States.
Nicole also has experience in other environmental credit markets, including greenhouse gas, wetland mitigation credits, energy efficiency credits and water credits trading. Nicole holds a Masters in International Affairs with a concentration in environmental policy and economics from Columbia University.
Office: (347) 295-0880 • Cell: (347) 424-2953
Nicole.Fabri@clearenergybrokerage.com • Resume (PDF)
Ryan T. Cook: Vice President
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ryan T. Cook, as Vice President, has brokered REC contracts totaling well into the tens of millions in value, and is Clear Energy's policy expert on carbon market development in the United States. With a focus on the MISO power pool, Ryan brokers transactions for compliance markets in PJM, NEPOOL and MISO as well as voluntary markets across the United States. Prior to joining CEBC, Ryan worked for a private equity firm as part of the deal team and consulted on operational issues for the firm's positions. He also occupied management positions within the firm's portfolio of companies. Ryan holds a MBA in Finance from Indiana University.
Office: (616) 975-2261 • Cell: (616) 540-2905 • Fax: (616) 942-2175
Ryan.Cook@clearenergybrokerage.com • Resume (PDF)
Scott Spettel: Power Broker, Contract Consultant
Eugene, Oregon
Mr. Spettel joined the Clear Energy team in 2009 as an energy broker and contract consultant. Mr. Spettel has nearly thirty years of experience in the power industry, specializing in resource project acquisition and wholesale power trading. He was involved in power origination and planning for Eugene Water & Electric Board in a variety of capacities from 1983 to 2008. Mr Spettel now consults on a wide range of issues related to power contract negotiation and mediation, with a specialization in BPA and FERC issues.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, Mr Spettel has expertise in sourcing, contracting for, and negotiating power contracts. He brings to the table an in-depth understanding of the balances inherent among environmental, regulatory and power systems operations associated with renewable energy projects.
Mr. Spettel earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado and his Master of Arts degree in Economics at the University of North Carolina.
Office: (541) 915-9892 • Scott.Spettel@clearenergybrokerage.com • Resume (PDF)
John Friskel: WECC and ERCOT Broker
San Francisco, California
John Friskel joined Clear Energy in 2010 to focus on renewable energy, renewable energy credits, and carbon transactions in the western states and Texas. John serves the compliance markets in the WECC and ERCOT as well as the evolving US voluntary market.
Based in San Francisco, John brings years of experience in the Renewable energy markets as a project originator and in business development at a leading environmental trading firm.
John is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer and holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Notre Dame.
Office: (415) 800-8657 • John.Friskel@clearenergybrokerage.com • Resume (PDF)
