The Team

Comprehensive Expertise Across Every Development Discipline

The success of every utility-scale energy project is ultimately driven by the experience and judgment of the people behind it. At Southeast Solar & Power, our leadership team combines decades of hands-on experience in project development, transmission planning, infrastructure evaluation, permitting strategy, commercial negotiations, and stakeholder engagement.

Over the course of their careers, our team members have participated in the development and execution of energy infrastructure projects across multiple states and regulatory environments. This depth of knowledge allows us to evaluate opportunities from every angle, identify challenges before they become obstacles, and make informed decisions that improve both project certainty and long-term value.

While every project presents unique requirements, our approach remains consistent: apply rigorous analysis, maintain strong relationships, and execute with discipline. It is this combination of experience and accountability that continues to define Southeast Solar & Power’s success.

David Saul has extensive expertise in transmission planning, project evaluation, interconnection strategy, and energy infrastructure development. His technical understanding of the factors that drive project success has been instrumental in the advancement of numerous utility-scale developments. David’s ability to combine technical analysis with practical development experience helps ensure projects remain both feasible and financially attractive throughout the development cycle.

Dan Predpall brings decades of experience in environmental assessment, permitting, engineering, and community engagement for many types of large industrial projects from power generating facilities to manufacturing facilities. While an officer of a large engineering consultancy, Dan created the Opti-Site site selection methodology, which has been applied to hundreds of projects nationwide, including a focus on solar projects since 2005. At Southeast Solar & Power, Dan concentrates on siting, environmental impact assessment, permitting strategies, and engineering.

Erin Simsack plays an important role in supporting project development, stakeholder coordination, and operational execution. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, she helps ensure that projects progress efficiently through critical development milestones while maintaining the high standards of professionalism and responsiveness that define Southeast Solar & Power.

HOW WE WORK

Development Cycle

Southeast Solar & Power operates at the highest-value portion of the development cycle where the greatest risks reside — the stages where expertise has the greatest impact on a project’s ultimate success or failure. We identify and develop high-quality utility-scale solar sites, advance them through the most critical stages of development, and deliver fully de-risked, construction ready assets to the right strategic partners.

Our disciplined ten-step development process — from site selection and transmission analysis through permitting, interconnection agreements, PPA negotiation, and financial modeling — is designed to produce projects that are strategically located, technically sound, financially viable, and ready for execution.

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE

The Same Expertise Powering the Next Generation of Infrastructure

Power availability has become one of the most critical constraints in data center site selection. The transmission access with grid capacity, minimal network upgrades site characteristics, and regulatory relationships that Southeast Solar & Power has spent two decades building are precisely the capabilities that data center developers and hyperscale operators require as they translate into low cost projects with expedited timeframes. We do not just identify land — we deliver power-aligned, development-ready sites.

Transmission-Ready Sites

Direct access to high-voltage transmission infrastructure — the same characteristics required for large-scale data center campuses.

Regulatory Certainty

Proven experience navigating environmental, zoning, and utility processes across multiple southeastern states — minimizing approval timelines and development risk.

Scale and Contiguity

Large, contiguous acreage in development-friendly jurisdictions — the site profile that hyperscale infrastructure demands.

Developing the Energy Infrastructure of Tomorrow — Today

Explore our projects, our process, and the team behind two decades of utility-scale solar development in the American Southeast.