Brian Bolster

President & CEO of NextEra Energy Resources, Nextera

Search every verified Brian Bolster interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Brian Bolster, President and CEO of NextEra Energy Resources, spoke at the company's 2025 Investor Day and Q2 2025 earnings call about the growth of energy demand and the company's strategic positioning. He described a "golden age of power demand" driven by data centers and electrification, and highlighted NextEra's capabilities in renewables, energy storage, and transmission. Bolster emphasized the importance of energy storage as a scalable capacity resource, stating that "the opportunity in storage is really hard to overstate" and that it is the only capacity resource available in scale through the end of the decade. He also discussed plans for repowering and recontracting existing projects, noting that expiring power purchase agreements signed a decade ago would command higher prices in the current environment. On the Q2 2025 earnings call, Bolster addressed the company's 2029 build program, expressing confidence in its contracts and limited protections around tax and trade measures. He also discussed nuclear recommissioning opportunities, including the Duane Arnold facility, describing them as "unicorn type opportunities" due to the lack of new build costs, and noted ongoing advanced discussions with customers. In an earlier 2011 appearance as a Goldman Sachs managing director, Bolster compared the clean technology sector to the early tech boom, arguing that the industry was in its early stages and that companies needed to manage both technology and adoption risks, as well as secure sufficient capital to navigate challenges.