Private Equity Firm Energy

Hull Street Energy

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Hull Street Energy is a Washington DC/Bethesda-based investment firm focused on energy transition and grid modernization. It invests in middle-market energy companies positioned to thrive as the North American grid grows and decarbonizes, with a holistic focus on renewable resources, critical thermal power plants, energy storage technologies, demand-side businesses, and related services.

Focus Areas
Grid modernization, Renewables, Energy storage

Tracked deals

10

10 tracked deals across 2020-2026.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Growth capital

4 growth capital · 3 addon · 2 buyout

Hull Street Energy Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 6 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 6 years for Hull Street Energy. 1 2020 1 2021 3 2022 3 2023 1 2025 ~1 est. 1 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy, LLC, Hull Street Energy
    Target
    FirstLight USA, LLC (FirstLight U.S. operations/portfolio)
    Seller
    PSP Investments (Public Sector Pension Investment Board)
    Industry
    Energy

    PSP Investments has signed an agreement to sell the U.S. operations of FirstLight to private equity firm Hull Street Energy. The deal transfers a portfolio of about 1.4 GW of installed clean power capacity (hydroelectric generation, energy storage, and renewables) across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, while PSP will retain FirstLight’s Canadian operations. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close later in 2026.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy, LLC
    Target
    Edgewood Energy, LLC, Shoreham Energy, LLC, Pinelawn Power LLC, Equus Power I, L.P.
    Seller
    J-Power USA Generation, L.P.
    Industry
    Energy
    Type
    Buyout

    Hull Street Energy (HSE) has acquired 100% of four New York thermal power plant companies — Edgewood Energy, LLC; Shoreham Energy, LLC; Pinelawn Power LLC; and Equus Power I, L.P. — from J-Power USA Generation, L.P. The portfolio (approximately 300 MW) will operate as part of HSE’s Milepost Power fleet to provide capacity and grid reliability to the Long Island market.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Upstream Tech
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS

    Hull Street Energy (HSE) has made a strategic growth investment in Upstream Tech to support the company's HydroForecast and Lens platforms for water forecasting and remote monitoring. The partnership will provide capital and sector expertise to help Upstream Tech expand its team, scale product development, and accelerate deployment in energy, water management, and environmental markets.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Greenskies Clean Focus
    Seller
    JLC Infrastructure
    Industry
    Renewable Energy

    Hull Street Energy has made a strategic growth investment in Greenskies Clean Focus, a vertically integrated developer, constructor, financier, owner and operator of distributed solar, storage and microgrid projects. The investment expands Hull Street Energy's footprint in critical power infrastructure and will support accelerated deployment of behind-the-meter renewable resources across the United States, in collaboration with prior investor JLC Infrastructure and Greenskies leadership.

  • Buyer
    SunGrid Holdings (SunGrid Solutions), Hull Street Energy
    Target
    RA Electric, Inc.
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    SunGrid Holdings, an affiliate of Hull Street Energy, has acquired RA Electric, Inc., a southern California electrical services contractor. The acquisition strengthens SunGrid's California-based battery energy storage system (BESS) construction capabilities by adding RA Electric's medium- and low-voltage electrical construction expertise to support projects from 1 MW to 1 GW.

  • Buyer
    SunGrid Holdings, Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Black Electric Inc.
    Seller
    James Black, Daphne Black
    Type
    Addon

    SunGrid Holdings, an affiliate of Hull Street Energy, has acquired Black Electric Inc., an electrical contracting firm based in Fishkill, New York. The acquisition expands SunGrid’s northeastern U.S. footprint and adds local electrical contracting capability to support battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across New York.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Flatiron Energy
    Industry
    Energy

    Hull Street Energy has made a strategic growth investment in Flatiron Energy, a Boulder-based developer, owner and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects. The investment expands Hull Street Energy’s presence in the fast-growing grid-scale energy storage market and supports Flatiron’s development and operation of standalone battery storage systems across key U.S. energy markets.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Energy Transition and Environmental Management, LLC (ETEM)
    Industry
    Energy

    Hull Street Energy, a Bethesda-based private equity firm, made a strategic growth investment in Energy Transition and Environmental Management, LLC (ETEM), a Texas-based firm that acquires, remediates and repurposes fossil-fired electric generation sites. The investment gives Hull Street a foothold in the energy transition and environmental remediation market as it aims to address legacy liabilities and repurpose plant sites for a decarbonizing grid.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Foundation Solar Partners
    Industry
    Renewable Energy
    Location
    District of Columbia, United States
    Type
    Addon

    Hull Street Energy acquired the management team and development pipeline of Foundation Solar Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based utility-scale solar developer. The deal adds Foundation's ~1 GW of sold projects in the PJM territory to Hull Street's growing portfolio of power generation and development assets, expanding the firm's renewable development capabilities in the eastern United States.

  • Buyer
    Hull Street Energy
    Target
    Gauley River Power Partners, LLC
    Seller
    Enel Green Power North America, GE Energy Financial Services, EGPNA Renewable Energy Partners, LLC
    Industry
    Energy
    Type
    Buyout

    Hull Street Energy acquired 100% of the interests in Gauley River Power Partners, LLC, the operator of an 80 MW hydroelectric facility in Summersville, West Virginia, from Enel Green Power North America and GE Energy Financial Services (via their EGPNA Renewable Energy Partners JV). The purchase was part of a larger purchase-and-sale under which Hull Street acquired thirty-one hydroelectric stations from the EGPNA JV and expands Hull Street affiliates' generation portfolio across the United States.

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