Nick Jayjack

Role: Panelist

Nick Jayjack is the Director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Division of Hydropower Licensing. Nick began his career at FERC in 1995 as a Fishery Biologist. In 2010, Nick was named branch chief of the then newly formed Midwest Branch and was promoted to Deputy Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing in 2012. Nick served as the Acting Director of the Division from January through June of 2024, and has served in his current role as Division Director since July 2024. Nick earned a B.S. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from Purdue University in 1991, and an M.S. in Environmental Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1993.