Nelson Teague

With a background in corporate law and structured finance transactions, Nelson has been engaged in renewable energy development for over fifteen years.

Prior to joining East Point Energy as a founding member, Nelson helped co-found HelioSage, the utility-scale solar project development firm sold to Coronal Energy in 2015. While at Coronal Energy, he served as Vice President – Legal where he supported the company’s development efforts in Charlottesville.

Nelson left Coronal Energy in the summer of 2018. Prior to that, Nelson worked as the Director of Project Transactions with Greenlight Energy, Inc., managing and negotiating a contract suite that became one of the country’s largest wind energy project pipelines. Following the sale of Greenlight Energy to BP Alternative Energy Services in 2006, Nelson joined BP where he led the development, project financing, and construction of the 300 megawatt Cedar Creek Wind Farm, a $480 million facility selling power to Xcel Energy under a long term power purchase agreement. Nelson has also served as General Counsel for several renewable energy development firms in the arenas of utility-scale solar (Axio Power), utility-scale wind (Apex Wind Energy, Inc.), biofuels manufacture (Greenlight Biofuels, Inc.) and the commercialization of a wave to energy technology (Columbia Power Technologies).

Nelson practiced law for Williams, Mullen, where he specialized in corporate law. He also served as corporate counsel for Circuit City Stores, Inc. and two of its subsidiaries from 1994-1998.

Nelson holds a BA in Politics from Washington and Lee University and his law degree from the TC Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.

When Nelson in not in the office supporting the development team, he’s likely to be riding a mountain bike or a tractor at his farm.