Peter Corsell

Peter Corsell is cofounder and Managing Partner at Twenty First Century Utilities, a private investment firm specializing in the electric power sector. He was previously a Partner at I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investment firm with over $50 billion of assets under management, which entered into a strategic partnership

with Twenty First Century Utilities in 2019. During his tenure at I Squared, Corsell created the firm’s technology investment strategy, served on the firm’s Operating Committee, and was Chairman of Atlantic Power & Utilities, a leading independent power producer with a portfolio of assets across the United States and Canada.

Corsell is also Chairman of GridPoint, a leading clean technology company, which he founded in 2003 and led as CEO until 2010. GridPoint has reduced energy consumption in commercial buildings by more than 10 billion kWh, saved its customers over $1 billion in costs and avoided over 17 billion pounds of CO2 emissions.

Corsell has been a cofounder, board member and investor in several companies focused on energy technology, enterprise software, AI and cybersecurity. MIT Technology Review recognized him as one of the world’s top innovators under age 35,

the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2010, and the National Association of Corporate Directors included him on its inaugural list of leading directors under 40.

He has been interviewed on Charlie Rose and featured in several books including Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Tom Friedman, Perfect Power by Robert Galvin and Kurt Yeager, Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp, The Clean Tech Revolution by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, and Our Woman in Havana by Ambassador Vicki Huddleston.

Corsell currently serves on the Board of Directors at GridPoint, Saige, Viral Nation, Claros and WealthCentral. He is also a member of the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council. Earlier in his career, Corsell served with the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of State in Havana, Cuba. He holds a BSFS degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.