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James K. Clayton

Senior Vice President, Engineering & Business Development

Ponte Vedre Beach, FL

Meet James K. Clayton

Jay has over 30 years of environmental and consulting experience specializing in environmental remediation, hydrogeology and waste disposal facility design, operations, and closure. As Senior Vice President of Engineering for IDA Power, Jay is responsible for the development of business relationships with prospective clients and vendors in the electric utility sector. Additionally, Jay provides engineering support for the design and execution of environmental remediation and site development plans. Jay holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and B.S. in Geology from Allegheny College.

During his tenure in the industry, Jay has: originated and closed over $1 billion in power plant liability transfers with large utility companies, including AES, AEP, Duke, GenOn, NRG, and Vistra; experiences in the Power Plant sector, including developing site-specific remediation, closure and post-closure plans for CCR landfills/impoundments; managed construction/monitoring of over 2,000 acres of CCR unit capping and closure by removal of over 3 million tons of CCR; and invented and patented a sustainable CCR impoundment capping system.