Principals

Mr. Haacker is a Principal based in Los Angeles. Prior to joining USRG, Mr. Haacker served as Manager of Markets and Business Development for AES' North America West group where he led and supported various development, financing and market activities within the group's portfolio. Mr. Haacker's development experience with AES covered both greenfield development and acquisitions across numerous types of power and alternative fuel projects including biomass, run of river hydro, ethanol, natural gas, coal and petroleum coke. Prior to AES, he served as a consultant for the Rocky Mountain Institute where his work included drafting the biofuels chapters of the recently published book Winning the Oil Endgame, and advising utilities on Integrated Resource Planning and Demand Response programs. Previously, he worked for a renewable energy developer in the western U.S. on early-stage geothermal and biomass power projects. In addition to his experience in the energy sector, Mr. Haacker spent three years working in various Operations Management roles with Procter & Gamble.

Mr. Haacker is active in the management of Newberry Geothermal Partners, LP, ThermaSource, LLC and Oski Energy, LLC. Mr. Haacker holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he graduated summa cum laude.