WHAT WE DO
Clean Path has built an infrastructure layer at the intersection of community solar procurement and AI-enabled regulatory and contract compliance monitoring, delivering verified savings outcomes for New Mexico public sector subscribers.
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TEAM
Ryan Cooney — Founder & Managing Member
Ryan Cooney is the Founder of Clean Path and a seasoned energy professional with more than 17 years of experience in the distributed solar and community-solar sectors with a deep understanding of public-sector procurement processes, regulatory compliance, and the unique operational needs of school districts and municipalities pursuing large-scale energy-savings initiatives.
Ryan’s background spans both greenfield community-solar development and behind-the-meter solar project development, giving him a rare, end-to-end perspective across the full lifecycle of distributed energy assets. This dual experience allows him to guide public institutions through program design, project evaluation, financial modeling, and long-term subscription management with confidence and clarity.
At Clean Path, Ryan specializes in helping municipalities and school districts strategically procure and manage community-solar subscriptions that generate meaningful, verifiable savings while minimizing administrative burden. He has developed comprehensive procurement and program-management frameworks that support facilities, finance, legal, and executive leadership, ensuring transparency, alignment, and long-term performance.
Throughout his career, Ryan has been directly involved in the execution of 37 solar projects totaling 125 MW, including early-stage greenfield developments, behind-the-meter projects, and multi-state community-solar portfolios. Prior to founding Clean Path, he held senior and executive roles at various solar companies, many of which achieved significant growth or acquisition, where he regularly partnered with municipalities, higher-education institutions, and K–12 school districts on energy procurement, financial structuring, and long-term program oversight.
Ryan provides public-sector clients with a uniquely comprehensive blend of expertise spanning project development, finance, regulation, interconnection, subscriber operations, and portfolio analytics. This multidisciplinary background enables him to serve as a single, trusted advisor for complex energy-savings programs.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University.
Chase Feehan — Managing Member
Chase is a Managing Member of Clean Path and a dynamic entrepreneur with a multifaceted background encompassing startup founding, investment management, and advisory roles in both private and public market capital raises. His extensive track record includes active involvement in over 100 deals spanning various sectors. Prior to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Chase gained valuable experience in investment banking, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), and web development, which equipped him with a well rounded skill set and a deep understanding of finance and technology. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Texas Christian University.
Ben Ferrufino — Lead Systems Architect & Software Engineer
A longtime resident of New Mexico, Ben brings deep expertise in utility data systems, cloud infrastructure, and automated performance analytics to Clean Path’s auditing platform. He has led software development across 164 public school facilities in New Mexico, where his systems contributed to a 14.81% reduction in water consumption, a 25.16% reduction in natural gas use, and $18.5 million in avoided utility costs with outcomes driven by real-time tracking, anomaly detection, and AI-assisted data pipelines he designed and built. His cloud-native development practice, backed by his Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate credential (DP-300), powers the secure data ingestion, automated validation, and exception-routing logic that sits at the core of Clean Path's auditing workflow. Ben's work has been recognized by the Environmental + Energy 100 List and the Best of Green Schools Award.
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