# Triple Oak Power

> Triple Oak Power is a Portland, Oregon-based developer of utility-scale energy projects. Founded in 2020 by renewable-energy veterans Jesse Gronner and Kenneth Labeja, the company secures land, studies resources, navigates interconnection and permitting, structures offtake, and advances wind-led hybrid projects until they can be financed, built, or sold. Its public proof point is Prairie Switch, a 160 MW Texas wind project acquired by Fengate and contracted to supply Meta; its current development pipeline spans roughly 8 GW across 15 states.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Portland, United States
- **Founders:** Jesse Gronner (CEO and Co-Founder), Kenneth Labeja (CFO and Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** 11-50 employees on LinkedIn; the supplied private-company record lists 52.
- **Products:** Utility-scale onshore wind development, Wind-plus hybrid development, Prairie Switch Wind, Home Range Clean Power, Black Ridge Renewable Power
- **Notable:** Advanced Prairie Switch Wind to a 2022 sale as a ready-to-build 160 MW project., Helped secure a long-term agreement for Meta to take 100 percent of Prairie Switch output through buyer Fengate., Prairie Switch reached commercial operation in 2024 with 48 turbines and an estimated 50,000-home clean-energy equivalent.

## Products & services

- **Utility-scale onshore wind development** — Greenfield and acquired projects advanced through land control, resource measurement, interconnection, permitting, commercial structuring and financing or sale.
- **Wind-plus hybrid development** — Wind-led portfolios paired where useful with solar, battery storage and other generation to improve reliability and market fit.
- **Prairie Switch Wind** — A 160 MW, 48-turbine Texas project developed to ready-to-build status, sold to Fengate and supported by a long-term Meta PPA for all production; commercial operation followed in 2024.
- **Home Range Clean Power** — A proposed roughly 1,000 MW multi-technology project in southwest Kansas combining wind, 400 MW of solar, 400 MW of battery storage and planned flexible generation.
- **Black Ridge Renewable Power** — A proposed large wind-and-solar development near St. Johns, Arizona, using existing transmission infrastructure at the Springerville substation.
- **Sentinel Clean Power** — A proposed wind project near Karval, Colorado, supported by more than 30 participating ranchers and landowners.

## Achievements

- Advanced Prairie Switch Wind to a 2022 sale as a ready-to-build 160 MW project.
- Helped secure a long-term agreement for Meta to take 100 percent of Prairie Switch output through buyer Fengate.
- Prairie Switch reached commercial operation in 2024 with 48 turbines and an estimated 50,000-home clean-energy equivalent.
- Built a publicly stated development pipeline of roughly 8 GW across 15 states.
- Was acquired by Energy Capital Partners in December 2023 in an undisclosed transaction.
- Secured a $60 million First Citizens credit facility for interconnection security postings in 2025.
- Won Finney County approvals in June 2026 for the proposed 400 MW Sherlock Solar and 400 MW Sherlock battery-storage components of Home Range.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Finney County approved special-use permits for the 400 MW Sherlock Solar project and a 400 MW battery-storage system, both within the broader Home Range plan.
- **2026-05** — Triple Oak held a public open house in Garden City for the proposed roughly 1,000 MW Home Range Clean Power project.
- **2026-03** — A Triple Oak subsidiary submitted the Sherlock battery-storage application, describing a broader 14-state pipeline at that time and a multi-technology Home Range concept.
- **2025-09** — First Citizens Bank provided a $60 million credit facility for interconnection security postings across renewable projects.
- **2025-07** — The company launched a video series featuring landowners discussing wind-energy economics and multigenerational agriculture.
- **2024-05** — Fengate announced commercial operation of Prairie Switch, the Texas project originally developed by Triple Oak.

## Links

- Website: https://tripleoakpower.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tripleoakpower

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Last updated: 2026-08-21