Jared Leader

Senior Associate, Advisory Services
Smart Electric Power Alliance

Jared Leader joined SEPA in June 2017, where he joins SEPA's Advisory Services team of experts consulting with multiple utility clients researching, designing and implementing renewable energy programs and business models. Engagements involve community solar and green tariff program design, facilitating industry stakeholder engagement workshops and microgrid planning and preliminary economic analysis. Jared is the staff lead for SEPA's Microgrid Working Group and co-leads SEPA's consulting engagement with the D.C. Public Service Commission facilitating the grid modernization (MEDSIS) working group process in the District.

Prior to joining SEPA, Jared spent three years as a consultant at Arcadis US. Jared was responsible for the design, implementation, and management of several environmental programs for both municipal and commercial clients in the energy and water sectors. Jared holds a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Virginia, where he conducted research on algae-based bio-fuels and focused in sustainable practice. He is currently earning his MS in Energy Policy and Climate from Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.