Jim Fama is a consultant specializing in electric utility cyber and physical security, business continuity,resilience, reliability,and related federal and state matters.

Formerly Mr. Fama served as Vice President, Energy Delivery for the Edison Electric Institute (EEI),the national trade association for investor-owned electric utilities. There he was responsible for supporting EEI and its members onelectric systemreliability, security,business continuity, regulatory and compliance matters.  During his 14-year tenure with EEI, Mr. Fama led the industry’s efforts to create three nationwide resilience programs:Cyber Mutual Assistance, the National Response Event storm restoration program, and the Spare Transformer Equipment Program.

Prior to joining EEI, for three years Mr. Fama was Senior Counsel with the Washington, D.C. office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, where he represented various energy companies in mergers, litigation, regulation and other matters.

For two years, Mr. Fama was Vice President and General Counsel for ECWerks, Inc., a Tampa, Florida IT company specializing in electronic commerce and software development, which is now part of CGI Group, the largest IT company in Canada. 

Mr. Fama also has served as Deputy General Counsel for Florida Power Corporation (now Duke Florida) in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he was the officer in charge of Florida Power's legal department.  He was with Florida Power for eight years.

Prior to joining Florida Power, Mr. Fama was Assistant General Counsel for the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, Oregon, responsible for rate regulation and litigation.He was with Bonneville for seven years.

Mr. Fama began his career as a trial attorney in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of General Counsel.

He holds a BA from University of Virginia and a JD from University of Baltimore.