Transmission Managing merchant risk in clean power with Lee Taylor (REsurety)
Oct 14, 2025
Lee Taylor, CEO and founder of REsurety, leads a discussion on managing risk in clean energy markets. He explains how CleanTrade, a CFTC-licensed marketplace, revolutionizes agreements by streamlining the sluggish PPA process. Lee details the pitfalls of fixed-quantity contracts post-Winter Storm Uri and emphasizes the regulatory hurdles faced in launching CleanTrade. With a vision for creating a liquidity hub for renewables, he touches on the importance of carbon accounting and argues for a depoliticized approach to clean energy as a support for economic growth.
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Regulated Marketplace For Clean Energy
- Resurity won CFTC approval to operate the first regulated marketplace for clean energy products.
- The license lets clean energy access the same centralized transparency and liquidity as traditional energy markets.
Intermittency As A Financial Problem
- Resurity focuses on solving intermittency risk as a financial problem for utility-scale clean energy.
- They combine data, contracts and systems rather than building physical assets to manage that risk.
Bilateral RFPs Delay Renewable Deals
- Traditional commodities trade on centralized venues like ICE with visible prices and instant execution.
- By contrast, renewable long-term deals often require bilateral RFPs, Excel bids, and months of back-and-forth before a transaction.