It’s a tough time for many clean energy companies. But at least one firm is thriving in the Trump era.
Base Power raised $1 billion last fall for its distributed battery business, a powerful vote of confidence from investors at a time of significant policy uncertainty in Washington. Then, last month, the Texas-based company hired Travis Kavulla — one of the country’s best-known electricity experts — as its head of policy.
Kavulla is a former Montana utility regulator who had been working at the power company NRG Energy. He sat down (virtually) with POLITICO’s E&E News on Tuesday for a conversation about what drew him to Base and why the company has found success even as President Donald Trump axes climate spending and policy.
Kavulla said the move was motivated by a desire to make sure “we’re getting shit built in the United States” and by Base’s unique business plan.
