Heena Singh is a first generation Indian-American activist and engineer based on unceded Tongva land in Los Angeles, CA. Her ancestral roots are in New Delhi, India, where many of her relatives live today. Encouraged by her family’s resilience to increasing air pollution and intensifying monsoons she was motivated at a young age to reform our energy system and stand up for frontline communities impacted by climate change.
As Energy Justice Manager at CEJA, she leads the Regenerate California Coalition in retiring gas-fired power plants across California starting with those in environmental justice communities. In this role, Heena combines policy, data modeling, community organizing, and storytelling to implement regulation that centers frontline communities and drives forward a decarbonized, democratic, and decolonized grid.
Heena’s last role focused on advising cities and utilities on how to achieve their clean energy goals and oversaw the design, construction, and interconnection of clean energy infrastructure projects across the US. She has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with an energy focus from the University of Michigan. She has also completed energy programs at MIT Media Lab, Clean Energy Leadership Institute, Solar Energy International, Xiamen University (厦门大学), and Technische Universität Berlin.
Heena is a solarpunk at heart and finds joy outside of work cooking for friends, getting lost in bookstores, photosynthesizing at the park, and discovering new music.