OMAHA, Neb. – Tenaska, one of the largest private companies in the U.S., has moved its Omaha offices to a new consolidated headquarters building at 14302 FNB Parkway in the First National Business Park northeast of 144th Street and West Dodge Road. Employees began work in the new building on Mar. 31.
Tenaska’s Omaha employees moved from three separate facilities in the Miracle Hills Office Park near 114th Street and West Dodge Road. The Tenaska offices had been located there since 1994.
The move includes Tenaska’s corporate employees and natural gas marketing affiliate Tenaska Marketing Ventures, biofuels and related agricultural commodities marketer Tenaska Commodities, LLC, natural gas fuels marketing and development company Tenaska NG Fuels, LLC and private equity manager Tenaska Capital Management, LLC.
“Our new headquarters brings together Tenaska’s approximately 300 Nebraska employees for the first time in more than 20 years, with room to grow,” said Tim Kudron, Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration. “The building has an open architectural design that promotes enhanced communication and collaboration. The end result will be a workforce that is even more engaged.”
The new, 100,000-square-feet office building sits on slightly more than 5 acres. The building incorporates sustainable features and practices, including a green design that uses natural light. Amenities include open work and collaboration spaces, a café with catering services for meetings, a fitness area, electric car charging stalls and an outdoor patio with access to walking trails and adjacent green space. Construction began in late 2012. Reflecting Tenaska’s Nebraska roots, the lead developer, real estate representatives, architects, engineers, financial partners, and building contractor are all Nebraska companies.
Tenaska was founded in 1987 by a small group of Omahans led by Nebraska-native Howard Hawks, current chairman. Tenaska has developed 16 power plants in the U.S. and internationally. It is consistently ranked by Forbes magazine among the largest privately held U.S. companies.
Tenaska Capital Management manages equity investments in the energy industry that include 10 power plants and natural gas and oil midstream assets.
Tenaska Marketing Ventures is ranked by trade journal Platt’s Gas Daily as one of North America’s top 10 natural gas trading and transportation operations, managing approximately 9.5 percent of the nation’s gas consumption in 2013.
Tenaska Commodities, LLC helps customers find new and broader opportunities in the biodiesel, ethanol and vegetable oil sectors. The company’s newest marketing and development affiliate, Tenaska NG Fuels, LLC, works with utilities and customers in high-horsepower applications and the transportation industry to meet their natural gas fuel needs.
In addition to the Omaha marketing companies, Tenaska Power Services Co. in Dallas, Texas, markets electric power on a real-time basis. Tenaska’s development group, which pursues ventures in natural gas-fueled electric generation and solar projects, are also based in Dallas. The company also has regional offices in Denver, Colo., Houston, Texas, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Calgary, Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada.
About Tenaska
Tenaska is one of the largest independent power producers in the United States. Forbes magazine consistently ranks Tenaska among the largest privately held U.S. companies. Tenaska has developed approximately 9,000 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity across the United States. Tenaska affiliates currently operate and manage eight power plants totaling more than 6,700 MW that it owns in partnership with other companies. Tenaska is headquartered in Omaha, Neb., with offices in Dallas and Houston, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Pittsburgh; and Calgary, Alberta, and British Columbia, Canada. Tenaska affiliates also market natural gas, electric power, biofuels and related agriculture commodities and natural gas fuels. Tenaska affiliates are also involved in private equity and acquisition management, fuel supply and natural gas exploration, production and transportation.
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