Siva Gunda

Siva Gunda is a commissioner on the California Energy Commission (CEC), serving as the commission’s public member and vice chair. He is the lead commissioner on energy assessments. Previously he served as manager of the Demand Analysis Office and deputy director for the Energy Commission’s Energy Assessments Division, which forecasts and assesses energy demands and supplies. Before joining the CEC, he served in a variety of capacities at the Energy Efficiency Institute at the University of California, Davis, including as the director of research, where he directed the institute’s operations and research portfolio. He holds an MS degree in mechanical and aeronautical engineering from Utah State University.