• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Steven Winn

JERA Americas

Chief Development Officer

Steve Winn, Chief Development Officer for JERA Americas, Inc., previously served as President and CEO of Winn & Associates, a consulting and advisory firm in the energy and power sectors. Mr. Winn also served as President and CEO of Nuclear Innovation North America, a joint venture between NRG Energy and Toshiba to develop the 2,700 MW South Texas Project nuclear facility. Prior to assuming this role, he was Regional President of the Texas Region for NRG where he had management responsibility for over 10,000 MW of generation assets, 2,000 employees, and a 6,000 MW development program. Mr. Winn served as Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisition for NRG Energy where he was responsible for over $10 billion of acquisitions and divestitures, including the acquisition of Texas Genco and the development of NRG’s venture capital strategy. Prior to joining NRG, Mr. Winn was an investment banker in the Utility and Power Groups at Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers where he participated in $60 billion of power- and energy-related mergers and over $25 billion of power- and energy-related financings. Earlier in his career, Mr. Winn was a financial manager for GE Nuclear Energy and participated in GE’s Financial Management program. He holds a BA in economics from the University of California Berkeley and an MBA from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell.

Sessions With Steven Winn

Thursday, 14 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Financing Power: Adjusting to the new risk profile

    Panel Finance/Trading/Risk Management Power

    The electric power industry is being challenged to adapt to new technologies, new policy mandates, and new market structures. As the array of market players and market roles becomes more complex, opportunities to create economic value are shifting and risks are rising. How do these unsettled conditions affect the cost of capital today for power investments? What are the mid-term prospects for project financing? How are markets valuing the industry’s existing asset inventory?