Nate Ernest-Jones

About Nate Ernest-Jones

I am privileged to build relationships with some of New England’s best and brightest in the built environment decarbonization industry. My current role focuses on expanding Eversource\'s community of contractors and engineering firms around the region’s energy efficiency, electrification, and energy management State-sponsored incentive programs.I bring a decade of experience in local and international real estate development, including a focus on Sustainability & LEED-Certified projects - plus another decade of finance, mergers and acquisitions with middle-market contractors and Engineering firms. I apply these acquired skills to build Eversource’s relationships with the region’s decarb talent, as well as structure new programs to facilitate energy savings, minimize ratepayer bills, and mitigate the increasing strain on our energy grid.I strive to achieve this by building trusting relationships across the Commercial & Industrial sectors, and identifying opportunities where sustainability efforts meet profitability in my current capacity as:• Eversource’s Team Lead for onboarding & networking 50+ Energy Engineering firms throughout our department in order to meet MA/CT/NH’s C&I energy auditing goals• Eversource’s Team Lead for a focused expansion of our relationships and market penetration within the Building Management Systems (BMS) contractor community for MA, CT, and NHWe need to keep building the business case for sustainability, decarbonizing the built environment, and the supporting operational infrastructure ecosystems.Some of my previous career achievements include:• Negotiated and closed $20MM in business value for Transworld Business Advisors • Led Barron Real Estate’s $23MM development of first LEED-certified building • 5-person leadership team on sustainable development for Nakheel Properties in Dubai, UAE• Led 10 seminars on business development and sales with international audiences of up to 500

Experience

1. Business Partner Development, Energy Efficiency Group

   Eversource Energy

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Department Leader responsible for relationship management and program development with Energy Services Companies (ESCOs), contractors, engineers, and all vendors whose primary business model revolves around building decarbonization (energy efficiency, electrification, and energy management solutions) across the full Eversource New England territory for electric and natural gas.Proactively expanding Eversource\'s Business Partner network, and identifying new business synergies within the energy efficiency, sustainability, and active demand response vendor eco-system, in order to drive Eversource’s building decarbonization strategic initiatives and project development.

Education

• Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

  Bachelors, Economics/Politics, Cardiff, Wales

  2001 — 2004

• University of Florida

  Masters, Urban & Regional Planning

  2004 — 2006

• Centre International de Valbonne

  International Baccalaureate, Nice, France

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Social Media
• Business Acquisition Financing
• Leadership
• Investments
• Nonprofits
• Business Acquisition
• Commercial Real Estate
• Land Development
• Marketing
• Entitlements
• Contract Negotiation
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Asset Management
• Real Estate Economics
• New Business Development
• Business Valuation
• Valuation
• Brokerage
• Small Business
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate Transactions
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Community Development
• Sellers
• Business Brokerage
• Business Planning
• Due Diligence
• Negotiation
• Leases