Bio

Before joining the faculty at the FREEDM Center in 2024, John Gajda worked extensively across the energy & electric utility industry for over 30 years, and was an adjunct lecturer at NC state for more than 10 years.  John’s roles have spanned industry, regulatory, cooperative utilities, investor-owned utilities, consulting, solar power, federal government, and academia.  John has testified multiple times before the North Carolina Utilities Commission, has submitted an affidavit before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and has developed and written multiple utility internal design standards and manuals.  John is a Senior Member of IEEE and is a licensed professional engineer in North and South Carolina.