Deana Carrillo is the director of the California Energy Commission’s Reliability, Renewable Energy and Decarbonization Incentives Division (RREDI).
The division is leading the implementation of the state and federal investments designed to catalyze the state’s transition to a clean energy economy, ranging from building decarbonization incentives to the state’s strategic reliability reserve.
Carrillo currently serves on the Board of the Clean Energy States Alliance, a national, nonprofit coalition of public agencies and organizations working together to advance clean energy.
She has more than 20 years of experience in leadership, public administration, clean energy policy, and finance. Prior to joining the CEC, she spent several years in executive leadership at the California State Treasurer’s Office where she developed and oversaw financing programs that supported California’s climate, economic development, and equity goals.
Carrillo has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master’s degree in public policy from UCLA focused on regional economic development and urban poverty. Originally from the Los Angeles area, she currently lives in Sacramento with her two sons.