Ajey Pandey

Energy Futurist

Resume

Energy efficiency and electrification analyst making the future of energy happen faster.

Based in Boston, MA
U.S. Citizen

Work Experience

Resource Planner II at Burlington Electric Department
(July 2024-Present)

Assists in power supply management including:

  • Day-ahead demand bidding in ISO-NE eMarket

  • REC tracking & management in NEPOOL-GIS

Principal investigator for DOE GRIP grant program implementing grid-interactive building controls

Assists in regulatory interface, including public utility commission proceedings

Integrated Resource Specialist at Reading Municipal Light Department (December 2021-June 2024)

Stewarded retail energy efficiency and electrification programs including:

  • Heat pump & weatherization rebate program

  • Appliance and electric lawn equipment rebate programs

  • Electric panel upgrade rebate program

  • Commercial and industrial energy efficiency and electrification incentives

  • Public EV charger management

Assisted customer service representatives as technical resource; answered customer questions on rates, RMLD programs, and customer energy use

Communicated to customers via webinars, in-person events, and written website content

Led development of home weatherization rebate program, including:

  • Designing program architecture

  • Writing program specifications for RFP

  • Identifying potential vendors for implementing program

  • Designing internal workflow for processing rebates

Set monthly electric rate adjustments for pass-through power supply, capacity, & transmission costs

Collaborated with Greentown Labs startup to deploy EV charger automation systems with InnovateMass grant

Designed and updated Excel-based analysis tools including:

  • Utility load forecasting tools

  • Rate impact analyses for time-of-use billing structures

  • Rebate processing tools

Officer At-Large of MEAM-CES (Municipal Electric Association of Massachusetts, Communications & Energy Services)

Member of the following MEAM-CES committees:

  • Education & Training Committee

  • Customer Survey Committee

  • Energy Services Committee

Recipient of MEAM-CES 2024 “Rising Star” Award

Research Analyst at Cadmus (July 2019-November 2021)

Distributed energy resources (DER) analyst in energy efficiency consulting firm, specializing in residential building electrification.

Conducted building energy modeling for assessments of thermal electrification, building envelope improvement, and ESS optimization, using tools including:

  • BEopt 2.8.0

  • Microsoft Excel

  • REM/Rate 16.1

  • Reopt Lite

Conducted virtual audits of small solar and solar-storage systems based on NEC 2014/2017, under supervision of NABCEP-certified inspector.

Provided subject-matter expertise for community-led heat pump installation initiatives in New York and Massachusetts, with tasks including:

  • Installer selection

  • Lead management

  • Training and pamphlet preparation

  • Data cleaning and analysis

  • Reporting to stakeholders

Managed research and writing for a report detailing contemporary thermal electrification options for large commercial buildings in Northeast. Wrote report and case studies, presented findings to stakeholders in Boston commercial real estate.

Education

University of Massachusetts Lowell
Pursuing MBA (est. 2026)

University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.S. in Electrical Engineering (2019)

Cited in:

Zeal Shah, Alex Yen, Ajey Pandey, and Jay Taneja. “GridInSight: Monitoring Electricity Using Visible Lights.” In the 6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys ’19), November 2019. Nominated for Best Paper Award.