ArcLight Capital Partners, a middle-market infrastructure investment firm, has appointed Andrew Ott as a senior adviser.
Ott will work with ArcLight on new investment opportunities in the power, infrastructure and energy-transition sectors.
He joins the firm from PJM Interconnection (PJM), the largest electric grid operator in the United States, where he was president and CEO. While at PJM, Ott helped launch the wholesale energy market and held a number of senior leadership positions before becoming CEO in 2015. He also served on the board.
“Andy is a leading expert in wholesale electricity market design, power system operations and navigating the ongoing energy transition,” said Dan Revers, managing partner at ArcLight. “We look forward to utilizing his expertise to help ArcLight continue identifying attractive infrastructure projects to invest in.”
According to ArcLight, Ott is head of technical and partner operations at X, The Moonshot Factory