Bill Thomas is Chief Energy Officer at CleanArc Data Centers. With more than two decades of experience in renewable energy transactions and wholesale energy trading in CAISO, WECC, ERCOT, SPP, PJM, MISO, and NYISO, Bill is responsible for power project procurement and energy contract structuring and execution, including origination, development, analysis, procurement, operations, and asset management. 
 
Prior to joining CleanArc, Bill served as Chief Commercial Officer at LevelTen Energy, where he led efforts to aggregate corporate and institutional (“C&I”) demand and syndicate renewable solutions for all classes of C&I buyers. Previously, Bill led First Solar’s Global Commercial & Industrial Origination focusing on Fortune 50 corporate energy buyers seeking utility-scale energy solutions. Prior to First Solar, Bill was Vice President of Development and Energy Marketing at RWE leading the company’s 4GW+ utility-scale solar development and commercial contracting efforts in North America. During his career in renewable energy Bill has directed more than $5B in energy related transactions.  Before entering the renewable energy industry, Bill was a Senior Energy Trader at Xcel Energy. Bill began his career at AIG, where he was a foreign currency and interest rate derivatives trader. 
 
Bill graduated cum laude from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a B.S. in Geology and received his M.S. in Hydrogeology from Dartmouth College.