Ridgemont Energy Capital

What we do

Three businesses, one vertically integrated stack.

Most firms in this market pick one lane — they develop sites and rent someone else's network, or they broker certificates and never touch an asset. We do all three, which is why the economics work differently for us and for the people we work with.

01

Development

DC fast charging sites from origination through energization — site control, utility path, grant and incentive capital, construction.

Explore development → 02

Software

Switchback runs our chargers; our monitoring platform reads revenue-grade meters and settles certificates. Both built in-house, both owned.

See the platform → 03

Monetization

RECs and SRECs, ITC transfers, USDA REAP grants, and corporate offtake — converting generation into revenue for asset owners.

Monetize an asset →

01 — Development

DC fast charging, from raw site to energized.

We originate sites, secure the utility path, assemble the grant and incentive capital stack, and manage construction — then operate what gets built. Owner-operator economics on our own sites; fee-based development for partners who want the asset without the process.

01

Site origination & control

Traffic counts, dwell time, existing utility capacity, and host economics decide a site long before the concrete does. We underwrite candidates against all four, then lock control before spending real money.

02

Utility & interconnection

Service applications, load studies, and make-ready program enrollment. The utility path is almost always the schedule on a fast-charging project — we run it first, not last.

03

Grant & incentive capital

State charging programs, utility make-ready and rebate filings, and federal credits — stacked deliberately to move projects that would not pencil on private capital alone.

04

Engineering & construction

Site design, equipment selection, and construction management through commissioning and energization, coordinated with the utility and the host on one schedule.

05

Operations & offtake

Once energized, sites run on Switchback — our own charge-point platform — with pricing, uptime, driver support, and revenue settlement managed in house rather than rented from a network.

Development pipeline

How a site gets built.

Weeks 1–4

Site control

Screening, host agreement, and a preliminary read on utility capacity before we commit spend.

Weeks 2–12

Utility path

Service application, load study, and enrollment in the applicable make-ready program.

Weeks 4–16

Capital stack

Grant submissions, rebate filings, and debt or JV structuring against the site's underwriting.

Months 4–9

Build

Design finalization, equipment procurement, construction, commissioning, and energization.

Ongoing

Operate

Live on Switchback — pricing, uptime monitoring, driver support, and revenue settlement.

02 — Software

We don't rent our operating layer. We own it.

A third-party charging network takes a percentage of every session, and a certificate broker decides what production data you get to see. We built both platforms ourselves — which is why our sites keep more of what they earn, and why owners get live data instead of a quarterly PDF.

Switchback

Charge point management system

The OCPP 1.6J / 2.0.1 backend our DC fast chargers connect to directly — no vendor cloud in the middle. Switchback handles session authorization, pricing, payments, uptime, and revenue settlement across the portfolio, and can take over third-party sites without replacing hardware.

Native OCPP 1.6J and 2.0.1 — most current DCFC hardware connects as-is
Session pricing, driver authorization, and payment capture
Live uptime and fault monitoring across every connected port
Per-site revenue settlement and owner reporting

10 – 15%

of site revenue on managed third-party sites

REC Monitor

Generation monitoring & settlement

Reads revenue-grade meters directly — EKM, eGauge, and SMA over Modbus — mints certificates against real metered generation, and reconciles to the registry each settlement period. Owners see live production, earned RECs, and payout balances in a web portal and on iOS.

Direct revenue-grade meter integration, mixed hardware fleets supported
15-minute production polling, grouped by contract and meter
Automated REC minting with sub-megawatt-hour carry
WREGIS reconciliation — live estimate against settled volume

15-minute

metered production data, not quarterly statements

03 — Monetization

Turning generation into revenue you can bank.

We manage every step — registry registration, aggregation, reporting, and market execution — so owners capture full value without the operational burden. Zero upfront cost; we are paid only when you are.

REC & SREC Monetization

We handle registry registration (WREGIS, GATS, M-RETS), aggregator setup, monthly production reporting, and strategic market execution to maximize the price of every certificate.

$15K – $75Ktypical annual revenue

ITC Transfer Facilitation

Under IRC §6418, we facilitate the sale of your 30% federal Investment Tax Credit to qualified buyers — converting a tax position into immediate, bankable cash.

$300K – $800Kone-time, per transaction

USDA REAP Grant Support

We help agricultural and rural businesses secure Rural Energy for America Program grants — covering up to 50% of project costs, capped at $1M — from eligibility through award.

Up to 50%of project cost, capped at $1M

Corporate Offtake Agreements

For 500kW+ systems, we connect owners directly with Fortune 500 buyers — Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft — for long-term offtake contracts at premium, contracted pricing.

Premiumlong-term contracted pricing

FairWatt

Residential solar, sold direct

FairWatt by LinkUs Energy is our direct-to-homeowner channel: design your own system online at one flat, published per-watt price — no sales rep, no commission padding, no quote games.

$2.20 / Wflat installed price

REC revenue calculator

See what your system could earn.

Estimate annual REC revenue across the Western voluntary markets we serve, based on your state and system size. Figures use representative voluntary REC values by state.

State market $18 / MWh

System size 100 kW DC

Estimated annual REC revenue

$0

based on 0 RECs / year

Annual generation0 MWh

RECs produced (1 REC = 1 MWh)0

Market price$280 / REC

Illustrative estimate only. Actual revenue depends on registry eligibility, contract structure, and live market pricing. We provide a precise figure during your free assessment.

Monetization timeline

From assessment to first payment in 30–45 days.

Development projects run on the multi-month pipeline above. Monetizing an asset you already own is a much shorter path.

Day 1

Free assessment

We review your system, location, and eligibility and model your monetization potential — no cost, no obligation.

Week 1–2

REC registration

We register your system with the appropriate tracking registry and handle all aggregator setup and paperwork.

Week 2–3

Market setup

We position your certificates in the right market and structure execution to capture the strongest available pricing.

Week 4–6

First sale & payment

Your first certificates sell and proceeds are paid out — with ongoing reporting and reinvestment thereafter.

Leadership

Operators and advisors who have done this.

NH

Nicholas D. Hammond

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Five years developing commercial solar and managing more than $15M in USDA REAP grants. Leads registry strategy and grant facilitation.

nhammond@ridgemontenergycapital.com →

BH

Brian J. Hosman

Co-Founder & Principal Advisor

Corporate offtake specialist and primary contact for large-system owners, structuring long-term agreements with Fortune 500 buyers.

bhosman@ridgemontenergycapital.com →

Questions

What hosts and owners ask us most.

Both. We develop and own sites on our own balance sheet, and we develop for third-party hosts and owners on a fee basis. Where we don't own the asset, we frequently stay on as the operator through Switchback — so the owner gets the site without building a charging operation around it.

Four things, in roughly this order: available utility capacity at or near the parcel, traffic volume on the corridor, dwell time (somewhere for drivers to be for 20–30 minutes), and host economics. Sites can fail on any one of them. We screen all four before either party spends money, and we'll tell you plainly if it doesn't work.

Because the network layer is where the margin leaks. A third-party charging network takes a percentage of every session for the life of the site. On sites we operate through Switchback, that percentage stays with the asset — and owners get direct access to session, uptime, and settlement data instead of whatever the network chooses to expose.

Usually, yes. If the hardware speaks OCPP 1.6J or 2.0.1 — which most current DC fast chargers do — we can point it at Switchback and assume operations without replacing equipment. That covers pricing, driver authorization, uptime monitoring, support, and revenue settlement.

Yes. You retain full ownership of your system, the electricity it generates, and your utility connection. RECs and SRECs are a separate, tradable environmental attribute — monetizing them does not affect your power supply or net-metering arrangement.

There is zero upfront cost. We are compensated only when you earn — a 10–15% commission on REC/SREC sales and 2–3% on ITC transfers. If you don't get paid, neither do we.

In most cases, yes. Even a 50kW system can generate meaningful annual REC revenue in a strong state market. The free assessment tells you exactly where you stand before you commit to anything.

Registry registration, aggregation, monthly reporting, and timing the market are specialized, ongoing work. We handle all of it and use aggregated volume and buyer relationships to secure pricing that's difficult for an individual owner to access — typically more than offsetting our commission.

Yes. Every certificate we transact is registry-verified through the official tracking systems (WREGIS, GATS, M-RETS and others) and is valid for compliance and voluntary markets. Buyers receive fully documented, auditable certificates.

Get started

A site, an asset, or a network to run.

Whether you have a property that might support fast charging, chargers that need an operator, or a system whose certificates are going unsold — the first conversation is free and usually happens within one business day.

Discuss a site or network Get a free asset assessment