James Boyd
CEC Commissioner
James D. Boyd was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to a second five-year term on the California Energy Commission on February 2, 2007. He was first appointed to the California Energy Commission on February 6, 2002, and he was appointed to the Vice Chair position on June 16, 2006. Commissioner Boyd presides over the Energy Commission's Transportation and Fuels Committee and oversees Climate Change and International Export Programs.
Vice Chair Boyd presides over the Natural Gas Committee which includes the Energy Commission’s work on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). He was the Associate Member of the committee overseeing the preparation of the Energy Commission’s 2005 Integrated Energy Policy Report.
Vice Chair Boyd is the Associate Member of the Legislative and Intergovernmental Committee. He serves as the state’s liaison to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and as California’s representative on the Border Governors’ Conference Energy Worktable, and the Energy Commission’s representative on the Steering Team of the California Fuel Cell Partnership. He is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of WestStart/CALSTART, a California based not for profit advanced transportation technology consortium. Commissioner Boyd also serves on the Board of Advisors of the University of California Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies.
Vice Chair Boyd has served on the Governor’s Hydrogen Highway Network Implementation Advisory Panel and presently serves on the Governor’s Climate Action Team. He chairs the Bio-energy Interagency Working Group that developed and is now implementing the Governor’s Bio-energy Action Plan. He is currently overseeing the Commission’s efforts to develop the State Alternative Fuels Plan requested by the Governor and Legislature.
Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Boyd was Deputy Secretary and Chief of Staff of the California Resources Agency. He created and chaired the state’s first Joint Agency Climate Change Team and the state’s Natural Gas Working Group. He has served for fifteen years as the Chief Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), directing the nation’s largest state air pollution control program.
During this period, CARB led the nation in establishing new pollution control programs for motor vehicles and fuels, toxic air contaminants, consumer products, and industrial and area sources. A California native, Commissioner Boyd received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
