Charles R. “Bob” Brettell is a Co-Founder and Partner of Energy Asset Advisors, LLC (EAA).  Mr. Brettell leads the Project Support group and co-leads the Financial Advisory practice.

A 14-year veteran of the energy industry, Mr. Brettell’s experience includes the leadership of acquisition, financing and asset management activities  for transactions valued at over $5 billion and involving over 500 people. Mr. Brettell has also provided interim executive management, including daily oversight of asset management, legal, finance, human resources, tax and accounting, for independent power producers, private equity firms & hedge funds with facilities located in CAISO, PJM, MISO, SERC, SPP & FRCC. 

Prior to founding EAA, Mr. Brettell held executive posts with Tyr Energy and Aquila, Inc.  As Senior Director with Tyr, Mr. Brettell was responsible for asset acquisition & merger integration, as well as third-party crisis management for Tyr's client base.  In advance of the passage of EPACT 2005, he formulated a biomass investment thesis for Tyr that would later underpin its investment in American Renewables, the largest independent biomass power development platform company in the United States (a transaction in which Mr. Brettell led Tyr’s acquisition team).

During his tenure at Aquila, Mr. Brettell’s leadership spanned strategy, competitive intelligence, business development, legal, regulatory and human resources for multiple wholly-owned subsidiaries.  Among other assignments, Mr. Brettell advised QF’s and commercial & industrial clients with on-site power generation assets, including forest products, paper & pulp and consumer packaged goods companies, with regard to off-balance-sheet financing, operational optimization and power purchase agreements.  Under the Aquila banner, Mr. Brettell started a business to facilitate commodity gas & electric “shopping” for commercial & industrial energy end-users via an on-line reverse auction platform which was ultimately folded into the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) commodity trading platform.

Mr. Brettell has also gained fluency in the various federal, state and local grants, incentives & financing programs related to the energy industry, including USDA Section 9000 & Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), DOE Section 1700 & Treasury Dept. Section 1603.  Mr. Brettell is also actively engaged in setting national energy policy through his involvement in the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) where, in conjunction with the Biomass Coordinating Council, he is helping lead an effort to establish a single, unified definition of biomass for all federal legislative (including tax) purposes.  Mr. Brettell is a published author in the field of energy policy, practice & finance and frequent speaker at energy conferences around the US.

Mr. Brettell holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Maryland, a joint Juris Doctor & Master of Business Administration (Finance) degree from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Laws (Taxation) degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

Mr. Brettell can be reached at bbrettell@energyassetadvisors.com.