JAY BHAKTA 

Senior Engineer, Southern California Edison

jay.bhakta@sce.com

Jay has more than 31 years of experience in the energy engineering and distributed energy fields, in diverse roles such as managing energy performance contracts, marketing natural gas technologies and developing DSM and cogeneration projects for a wide variety of customers including, industrial facilities, hospitals, laboratories, prisons, schools, shopping malls, and stadiums. Prior to joining SCE, Jay had a consulting practice in Arizona for eight years. In Jay’s current role, he leads a team of measure package developers focused on deemed measure development and review. 

Jay has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Los Angeles, and an MS in Organizational Leadership from the University of Redlands. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California and has a certificate in Project Management from University of California, Irvine.