Hunter Hunt
President
Hunter Hunt is president of Hunt Energy Enterprises, LLC.
Hunter Hunt is also senior vice president of Hunt Oil Company and president of Hunt Power, L.P., both subsidiaries of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. Hunt Consolidated’s other business activities include petroleum refining, real estate development, private equity and agricultural farming and ranching.
Hunt Oil Company was founded in 1934 by H.L. Hunt and is one of the largest privately-owned energy companies in the world. Hunter’s responsibilities at Hunt Oil are primarily focused on its LNG efforts, its special project initiatives and its general administrative and managerial operations.
Hunt Power was established in 1998 to seek opportunities in the electric utility industry. Hunt Power’s largest project to-date has been the creation of Sharyland Utilities, L.P., a transmission and distribution electric utility located in South Texas. Sharyland Utilities was the first new electric utility created in Texas in more than 30 years, and since its creation, it has consistently been recognized as one of the most reliable electric utilities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), as reported to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Hunt serves as president of Sharyland Utilities.
Sharyland Utilities currently owns and operates a 150 MW High Voltage Direct Current interconnection with Mexico, which allows power to flow between the two countries while keeping any disruptions on either electric grid localized (in effect, a “firewall”). Completed in October 2007, the DC interconnection provides reliability benefits to both sides of the border, and is the first interconnection with Mexico anywhere along the US-Mexican border that supports commercial-sized trade of electricity. Sharyland Utilities has also been designated to build over 250 miles of high voltage transmission lines in the Panhandle and South Plains regions of Texas. These lines will enable wind power from these areas to serve the more populated cities in North and Central Texas.
Hunt Power has three subsidiaries. Hunt Transmission Services assists Sharyland Utilities in actively searching for new opportunities to grow its existing operations beyond its current service territory. Hunt Generation Investments is a limited partner of US Power Generating Company (“USPG”), an entity that controls more than 20 percent of the electric capacity in the New York City area and 50 percent of the electric capacity in Boston, Massachusetts. Hunter serves on the board of USPG. Hunt Energy Enterprises invests in early stage energy technology ventures that focus specifically on the use of technology applications to produce disruptive business opportunities both in the traditional energy industries and in the renewable and cleantech power markets.
In addition to his responsibilities with Hunt Oil and Hunt Power, he is also involved in special projects that occur at Hunt Refining Company, a company that controls three refineries in Alabama and Mississippi.
Prior to joining Hunt Consolidated, he worked with the investment bank of Morgan Stanley. He joined the Natural Resources Group in 1990, covering the major oil companies and gas transmission companies out of the New York Office. He transferred to the London office in 1991, where he covered the European integrated oil companies.
In 1993, Hunt joined Morgan Stanley’s Commodities Group in London, where he traded electricity in the deregulated electricity market of England and Wales. He returned to New York in 1996 to join Morgan Stanley’s electricity efforts in the U.S., before joining the Hunt organization in 1998. He took a leave of absence from the Hunt organization in September 1999 to work for the Bush for President Campaign in Austin, Texas. He worked in the policy department, serving as the primary policy advisor responsible for energy issues. He also closely covered taxes, budget and Social Security. He rejoined the Hunt organization in January 2001.
Hunt serves on the boards of the SMU School of Engineering, the Dallas County Community College District Foundation, KERA (North Texas’ public broadcasting company), the Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the All Stars Program, a national community outreach charity headquartered in New York City. He is also chair of SMU’s 21st Century Council.
October 2009
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