Tenaska
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{{Infobox company
| logo = Tenaska Energy logo.svg
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| type = Privately held company
| industry = Energy
| founded = April 1, 1987
| founders = Howard Hawks; Tom Hendricks
| hq_location = Omaha, Nebraska
| area_served = North America
| key_people = Howard Hawks, co-founder; Tom Hendricks, co-founder; Jerry Crouse, chairman of the board, and Chris Leitner, president and CEO
| services = Energy development, power generation, natural gas marketing, power marketing, energy management services
| revenue = $10.2 billion
| revenue_year = 2024
| num_employees = 842
| num_employees_year = 2025
| website = {{url|Tenaska.com}}
}}
Consistently ranked among Forbes’ List of America’s Largest Private Companies, Tenaska is a leading energy company with business operations that span the energy value chain.{{Cite web |title=Tenaska {{!}} Company Overview & News |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/tenaska/?list=largest-private-companies |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Tenaska Marketing Ventures (TMV){{Cite web |date=2024-02-19 |title=Natural gas marketing - Tenaska |url=https://www.tenaska.com/our-expertise/natural-gas-marketing/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.tenaska.com |language=en-US}} and Tenaska Power Services Co. (TPS){{Cite web |date=2024-02-19 |title=Power marketing - Tenaska |url=https://www.tenaska.com/our-expertise/power-marketing/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.tenaska.com |language=en-US}} are among the largest natural gas and electric power marketing companies in North America. The company has an operating fleet of 7,482 megawatts (MW) of natural gas{{Cite web |date=2024-02-19 |title=Generation - Tenaska |url=https://www.tenaska.com/our-expertise/generation/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.tenaska.com |language=en-US}} and renewable generating facilities and throughout its history has developed, managed and/or operated 23,172 MW of natural gas-fueled and renewable generation. Tenaska is actively developing 10 carbon sequestration projects capable of storing more than 50 million metric tons of CO2 per year, multiple natural gas-fueled generation projects and a development services portfolio of more than 41,500 MW of solar, wind, energy storage and green hydrogen projects.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-19 |title=Development - Tenaska |url=https://www.tenaska.com/our-expertise/development/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.tenaska.com |language=en-US}}
Tenaska seeks investment opportunities to allocate its capital into generation assets nationwide.
History
In 1987, energy executives Howard Hawks, Tom Hendricks, Max Williams, and Gary Hoover launched Tenaska with the idea that success in an evolving energy industry was a job best suited for a small, private company.{{Cite web |title=News |url=https://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/99/sep/hoovergift.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.news.iastate.edu}} Their goal was to build one or two power plants; the company has now built a total of 17.
The company later established affiliates to focus on multiple aspects of the energy industry. Tenaska Marketing Ventures (TMV) manages, trades or sells approximately 10 percent of the total natural gas consumption of the United States and Canada. Similarly, Tenaska Power Services Co. (TPS), an affiliate to market power and provide ancillary services, is the leading provider of energy management services to generation and demand-side customers in the U.S.
Scope of Business
Natural gas marketing: Tenaska Marketing Ventures provides services that include fuel supply, market and logistical services, asset management and financial and physical hedging services.
Power marketing: Tenaska Power Services Co. provides energy management services to generation and demand-side customers in the U.S. TPS offers optimization, risk management, power trading and settlement services.
Development: The Tenaska Development portfolio currently includes carbon capture and sequestration, natural gas-fired generation, renewable fuel peakers, wind, solar, energy storage and green hydrogen projects.
Generation: Encompassing natural gas, wind and solar, the Tenaska Generation fleet consists of 7,482 megawatts of generation combined.
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