Evercore Energy is a new nuclear reactor start-up company in Wyoming founded by Mike Wandler, CEO of L&H Industrial in Gillette, WY.
Evercore is so new, they don’t even have a facility yet.
Wyoming Secretary of State filing:
Innovative Heat and Power Company
Initially filed on Feb 22, 2023, approximately 6 months before announcement of WY Governor’s Matching Grant.
Innovative Heat and Power Company changed their business name to Evercore Energy. This name change was recorded on Sept 14, 2023, approximately 1 month after the announcement of the WY Governor’s Matching Grant.
Additionally, Evercore Holding, LLC registered with the WY Secretary of State on May 29, 2023 with HCella Mlo of Rock Springs, WY being recorded as the Organizer.
According to Cowboy State Daily:
Cheyenne is on a short list to become the corporate headquarters and spot to build a factory to assemble components for an emerging micro-nuclear reactor business under development by Gillette-based L&H Industrial Inc., which started 60 years ago in the coal-rich Powder River Basin and is looking to diversify its main line of business.
Besides the state’s capital city, Laramie, home of the University of Wyoming, also is under consideration, said Marcio Paes Barretto, the managing director of a new L&H business unit, Evercore Energy, working on the nuclear reactor business.
L&H Says Cheyenne, Laramie On Short List For Headquarters Of New Nuclear Business, March 18, 2024
Fortuitously, L & H Industrial is specified as a subcontractor on Page 3 of Governor’s Matching Funds Grant of $9,999,802 for BWXT Advanced Technologies The award, recommended by the Wyoming Energy Authority, was announced on Aug 7, 2023.
According to Cowboy State Daily, L&H CEO Mike Wandler, has been scrambling to build up a nuclear services arm of his company from scratch.
Evercore Energy Nuclear Activities in Wyoming Timeline:
| May 27, 2025 Video: Evercore Energy: The Micro Nuclear Revolution for Mining & Heavy Industry |
| May 21, 2025 WBC Board Meeting Pg 86: Innovation clusters Evercore Energy, Power Theory, and PACK Energy, all Wyoming based startups, are in discussions on how to synergistically collaborate within the energy space. |
| May 29, 2024 From Virginia To Alaska, Gov. Mark Gordon Touts Wyoming’s Nuclear Revolution…L&H CEO Mike Wandler and Marcio Paes Barreto, managing director of a new L&H business unit, Evercore Energy, told Cowboy State Daily in April that L&H had partnered with nuclear technology innovator BWX Technologies as part of a blockbuster deal to launch a multibillion-dollar industry in the micro nuclear reactor field… (https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/05/29/gov-gordon-jets-to-virginia-alaska-to-tout-wyomings-nuclear-revolution/) |
| Sept 23, 2024 WY Secretary of State: Innovative Heat and Power Company Business Name Change to Evercore Energy. |