When development hit a snag in 2021 on NET Power LLC’s still unproven technology to allow power plants to burn natural gas with near-zero emissions while producing dispatchable energy, Ron DeGregorio stepped up to lead the effort as CEO.
Just retired as Exelon Corp. power group president and a 40-year sector veteran, since 2014 he had been a board member of NET Power—a firm formed by Exelon unit Constellation Energy, The Shaw Group and low-carbon energy developer 8 Rivers Capital— which was building a 50-MW demonstration plant in La Porte, Texas.