
How We work
Develop.
We originate, finance, and deliver dispatchable power projects from first concept through commercial operation.
Finance.
We are manufacturer independent and economics driven. Every technology decision is tested against reliability, schedule, cost, and long-term project value.
Partner.
We work as an extension of your team, taking responsibility from site selection and commercial structuring through construction and operation.

Institutional-grade development expertise for partners who retain ownership. We execute every phase of development with the same discipline we demand of our own investments—from feasibility through financial close—without requiring equity participation.
Exigent Development Services
Exigent Energy
Develops, finances, and owns advanced generation assets end-to-end. Capital, risk, and execution sit with us — full alignment from concept to energization.
Our Foundation
Two Models. One Standard.
Leadership
The team behind the track record.

Creede Williams
Chief Executive Officer
Sets the pace at Exigent directing capital strategy and partner relationships toward power projects that can't wait. $800M+ in fund capital raised. 5,800+ MW developed across the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and Great Britain.

Carter Cheek
Chief Financial Officer
Engineers the capital structures that turn urgent projects into financed assets. When timelines tighten, deal architecture is what keeps a project moving. $11B+ in lifetime debt, equity, and M&A transactions across the power sector.

Brandon Upchurch
Chief Development Officer
Clears the path from site to financial close, solving the permitting, fuel, transmission, and EPC complexities that decide whether power gets built or gets stuck. Deep expertise across utility-scale power development.

John Waterman
Chief Operating Officer
Turns development into delivery. Construction, equipment, and long-term performance executed at the level that urgent infrastructure demands. Extensive operational and equipment expertise across electric power generation.
Guiding Principles
Six Principles. Every Engagement.
01
Partner Focused
Communities, investors, suppliers — every party to a project is a partner. We treat their interests as our own. We only move where they align.

02
Discipline & Execution
We succeed through rigor, real capital, and unflinching execution in hard environments.

03
Simplicity
We remove complexity. We focus only on what holds up.

04
Foresight
We prepare early so timing becomes our advantage.

05
Enduring Quality
We build assets that perform, projects that close, and infrastructure that lasts.

06
Reliability First
If the plant doesn't run, nothing else matters. We deliver power that works.

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