Mr. Houle is a principal and partner in Fremantle Energy.  He is an experienced energy industry executive with a solid track record of achievement in business development and start-up operations during his 17-year career.  Prior to forming Fremantle Energy he was Vice President of a Texas based independent wind power development company responsible for the wind farm development activities.  Mr. Houle played a key leadership role in the successful development of the 161 Megawatt Wildorado wind farm in Texas. 

Prior to that position, Mr. Houle was Vice President of Hunt Power, L.P.; a Dallas based privately held independent power company, leading teams in the development and implementation of Hunt’s wholesale power generation and wires businesses domestically and in Canada.  This included development of a gas-fired power plant site near Calgary, Alberta and creation of an operating partnership with Genova Power Company resulting in the successful permitting of two power plant sites.  As one of Hunt Power’s founding employees he worked as part of a small team that created Sharyland Utilities, L.P., the first new electric utility in Texas in more than 30 years.  Mr. Houle also represented Hunt Power as a limited partner in the private equity venture capital fund EnerTech Capital Partners II, reviewing investment opportunities involving new technologies, applications and services related to the electric, telecommunications and energy industries.

Mr. Houle also built and led a profitable power supply optimization function as Director of Power Supply and Planning for Texas-New Mexico Power Company capturing over $3 million in profit during the first year of operation.  Having traded electricity and oil in the U.S. and U.K., he has a strong understanding of regulatory, contractual, and market factors impacting the value ofenergy assets.