Matt Pawlowski is the Vice President – Head of Execution for NextEra Energy Transmission, a NextEra Energy, Inc subsidiary. NextEra Energy Transmission is the leading transmission developer in the United States focused on competitive, greenfield and consumer power partnership opportunities. NextEra Energy Transmission’s current portfolio represents approximately $5 Billion in cumulative investments across 8 regions and 12 states. As part of this role, Matt is responsible for national transmission execution including mid-stage and latestage teams, transmission planning and land acquisition, siting and GIS team with the goal of growing the transmission portfolio with strategic opportunities throughout North America.

Matt serves on the Southwest Power Pool Finance Committee and the Southwest Power Pool Strategic Planning Committee.

In previous roles at NextEra Energy, Matt was the Executive Director of Business Management and Regulatory Affairs at NextEra Energy Resources, LLC managing the interconnection process for renewable generation across the United States and regulatory relationship with SPP and MISO. He was also responsible for developing strategic opportunities at Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) to grow the company’s wholesale and retail businesses. Among other projects, in 2018 Matt led the acquisition team to purchase the City of Vero Beach electric customer accounts and facilities for approximately $185MM and integrate them into FPL’s systems, the first demunicipalization in the United States since the early 1990s. Prior to that, Matt was responsible for various finance, business management and asset optimization, development and regulatory affairs initiatives at both FPL and NextEra Energy Resources.

Matt has a B.S. degree in public accounting, minor in legal and ethical studies and an interdisciplinary specialization in international business from Fordham University in Bronx, NY. He also has an Executive MBA in finance from Florida Atlantic University as well as a Masters in Legal Studies in Energy and Natural Resources Law from University of Oklahoma. Matt is a certified Six Sigma Black
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Prior to joining the NextEra Energy, Matt worked in various finance and enterprise risk management roles at Motorola, Lennar and AOL Time Warner.