March 2, 2026
Pete Jackson has joined UL Solutions as a lead regulatory engineer in the Codes and Regulatory Services (CARS) department. He is responsible for UL Solutions regulatory efforts serving the electrical and building sectors, along with interacting with the International Code Council (ICC) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) on code development activities.
Pete Jackson is the former chief electrical inspector for the city of Bakersfield, California. After earning an associate degree in electronic technology, he served a four-year apprenticeship as an inside wireman through the Kern County Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC), attaining the status of journeyman wireman in 1984. He spent the next 12 years supervising electrical construction projects throughout California before establishing an electrical contracting firm in 1996. In 2005, Pete joined the Bakersfield Building Department to serve as the chief electrical inspector.
Pete holds five electrical inspector certifications through the Independent Alliance of the Electrical Industry (IAEI) and ICC. He instructed apprentice and journeyman electricians through the Kern County JATC for seven years. Pete holds memberships in the IAEI, NFPA, ICC and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and served as an authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) representative on 36 technical committees for UL Standards & Engagement and the UL Solutions Electrical Council. He represented enforcement as a principal member of NEC Code Making Panel (CMP) 8 for the 2014, 2017 and 2020 National Electrical Code® (NEC®) cycles and as an alternate for NEC CMP 4 and the Correlating Committee for the 2023 and 2026 NEC.