citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message panda energy international inc. type private industry operations and maintenance professional wrestling 1 gas utilities 1 oil and gas equipment and services 1 oil and gas pipelines 1 oil and gas refining and marketing 1 founded 1982 headquarters dallas texas usa area served worldwide key people robert w. carter founder of panda energy chairman and ceo of panda power funds panda energy affiliated company janice carter president and ceo panda energy todd w. carter president panda power funds william c. nordlund managing director panda energy funds creede williams sr. vice president and general counsel don thorpe vice president operations salwa w. nicolas controller robert k. simmons managing director chief financial officer and chief compliance officer products power plants 1 pipelines 1 clean fuels 1 divisions panda global services 1 website www.pandaenergy.com panda energy international inc. is an american privately held company headquartered in dallas texas which constructs maintains and operates environmentally friendly power plants . the organization has been recognised by newsweek magazine as one of the top ten eco friendly energy companies in america . 2 as of 2010 it has been affiliated with panda power funds . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 tna entertainment llc . 2 references 3 external links 4 external links history edit panda energy headquartered in farmers branch texas but lists dallas on its site due to a fluke with its zip code was founded in 1982 and has developed financed constructed and operated large scale energy facilities both domestically and internationally . the company built the two largest gas fueled merchant electric generation facilities in the united states totaling 4 400 megawatts of generating capacity ; was responsible for the first u.s sponsored internationally financed run of the river hydroelectric project in the state of nepal ; and obtained the first u.s. capital markets financing for construction of a power plant in the people s republic of china . altogether the company has raised over u.s. 4.9 billion to develop and build more than 9 000 megawatts of generating capacity . citation needed the carter family have owned a controlling stake in the company ever since making panda energy a family business . robert w. carter has been the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of panda energy international inc. panda international holding company of panda interfunding corp. and panda funding corp. since january 1995 and serves as president . carter serves as manager of panda rosemary llc . he serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of panda global energy company . he has held similar chief executive positions with panda energy corporation pec a subsidiary of panda international and its subsidiaries since he founded pec in 1982 . carter also is president of robert carter oil & gas inc. an oil and gas exploration company which he founded in 1980 . from 1978 to 1980 carter was vice president of oil and gas lease sales for reserve energy corporation an oil and gas exploration company . from 1974 to 1978 he served as a marketing consultant to forward products inc. a petrochemical company . carter was executive vice president of blasco industries a chemical and textile manufacturer from 1970 to 1974 . he served as a sales representative and sales manager for olin mathieson chemical corporation a petrochemical pulp and paper company from 1965 to 1970 . from 1960 to 1965 he was a sales representative for inland mead paper company in atlanta . he has been the chairman and director of panda ethanol inc. since november 6 2006 . carter serves as director of panda energy international inc. carter attended the university of georgia . tna entertainment llc . edit main article total nonstop action wrestling in october 2002 panda energy purchased a controlling interest 72 % of the nashville tennessee based professional wrestling promotion total nonstop action wrestling from founder and ceo jerry jarrett . citation needed the seemingly unlikely acquisition came about after tna publicist dixie carter the daughter of robert w. carter contacted her father and persuaded him to purchase the company which was facing bankruptcy after a major financial backer healthsouth corporation withdrew their support . on october 31 2002 panda energy created the limited liability company tna entertainment in order to administer tna . while jeff jarrett the former president of tna was appointed vice president the majority of other management positions were filled by former panda executives . chris sobol the panda manager of business development was appointed vice president of operations and frank dickerson and later kevin day was appointed chief executive officer while dixie carter was made president . on september 16 2015 it was reported that jarrett s minority ownership has been bought out meaning that he is as of now 100 % divested of the promotion and panda energy has full control of it . 4 as of april 18 2016 it s been reported that upon jarrett selling his stake in tna panda energy completely divested themselves of tna resulting in panda energy founder robert carter and president and chief executive officer janice carter s daughter dixie acquiring both jarrett & panda energy s ownership interests resulting in her becoming owner as well as continuing as president . 5 references edit a b c d e f g h i operations management . achievementss . company overview of panda power funds . retrieved 21 january 2015 . panda power funds is the private equity arm of panda energy international http www.pwinsider.com article 96608 jeff jarrett out as minority owner of tna wrestling full details . html p 1 tna update major changes could come shortly . pwinsider.com . pwinsider . external links edit cow manure powered ethanol plant saves oil and gas ex hockaday girl wrangles wrestlers story at this link is no longer available panda energy international at hoovers.com panda energy international at yahoo finance panda energy international remarks in senate panda to build fuel ethanol plant in colorado panda ethanol inc. complets merger with corracor inc. external links edit pandaenergy.com pandaethanol.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title panda energy international & oldid 743419473 categories american companies established in 1982companies based in dallasenergy companies of the united statespower companies of the united statesalcohol fuel producerstotal nonstop action wrestling1982 establishments in texashidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2008all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2013articles with unsourced 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