Speakers

Emily Simonis joined LS Power in 2011 and serves as a Managing Director of Business Development and as a member of the Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to LS Power, Ms. Simonis was Head of Business Development at Hutchin Hill Capital. Previously, Ms. Simonis was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in Prime Brokerage and Institutional Equity, focused on business development and client consulting. Ms. Simonis began her career at Merrill Lynch Tokyo, where she sold equity derivatives to Japanese and U.S. institutions, and last served as Director for Merrill Lynch New York, advising U.S.-based asset managers and pension funds. Ms. Simonis received a B.A. in Political Science from Willamette University and attended the Tokyo International University Bekka Program.

Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy transition solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Additionally, LS Power Grid has built 780+ miles of high-voltage transmission, with 350+ miles and multiple grid infrastructure projects currently under construction or development. LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are accelerating the energy transition, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised $76 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.