James Eyer Background
Summary
Jim is a California native. He has lived in Northern California since leaving high school and he has lived in Oakland since graduating from college. His life with his soulmate of 31 years, Michelle, his career involving new and clean energy technology and markets, his family, being a dedicated Warriors' fan and season ticket holder for 31 years and Jim's keen interest in the politics-of-the-day are important the highlights of his life.

Jim's entire 36 year professional career has involved energy efficiency, renewables, modular and distributed generation and other advanced energy technologies, with emphases on related concepts, valuation and markets. That put Jim at the forefront of the nascent "distributed energy resources" (DERs) movement for most of his career. DERs are just coming to the fore as both a revolutionary and disruptive phenomenon in the electric utility industry. For the last 25 years Jim has focused primarily on modular and large scale energy storage, with an emphasis on benefits, value propositions and market development.

Jim owns and is principal and senior analyst for E&I Consulting. He is a senior advisor to the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) and he served as Senior Analyst with Distributed Utility Associates for 13 years. Before that he held a range of positions with Pacific Gas and Electric Company related to advanced electric technology and concepts R&D, electric supply planning, and commercial energy efficiency services. He has an undergraduate degree with a double major in physics and management from Sonoma State University and an M.A. in management also from Sonoma State.
Professional Highlights
E&I Consulting
June 1998 - present

Owner
Distributed Utility Associates
September 1994 - present
Senior Analyst
Pacific Gas & Electric Company, R&D Dept.
March 1987 - September. 1994
Research Project Manager
Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, and Energy Efficiency Research Programs
Research Analyst
Technology Assessment and Scanning Research Program
Program Analyst
Photovoltaics and Wind Generation Research Program
Morgan Systems, Inc.
August 1986 - March 1987
Director, Sales and Customer Service
Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Marketing
June 1984 - July 1986

Commercial Conservation and Energy Management Representative
Education
Master of Arts, Management
June 1988

Emphasis: Technology Marketing
Sonoma State University


Bachelor of Arts, Physics and Management (double major)
June 1982
Emphases: Solar Energy, Computer Science
Sonoma State University