Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst V

Overview

The Electricity Planning and Policy (EPP) Branch within the Public Advocates Office is seeking a Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst V to join its Electricity Markets Planning team.

Under general direction of the Program and Project Supervisor of the Electricity Markets Planning Section, the incumbent will conduct complex and varied technical, economic, quantitative, and policy research and analyses in public utility regulation pertaining to a broad range of issues and recommend alternative solutions. The incumbent will evaluate various program aspects, including ratepayer impacts; program budget and expenditures; cost tests and forecasts, including models and inputs;

regulatory priorities; and interaction with State and federal law. In addition, the incumbent will be expected to independently develop written reports, memoranda, sworn testimony, and comments in CPUC proceedings; serve as an expert witness for the Public Advocates Office on the results of completed studies and analyses; make formal presentations and advocate on behalf of the Public Advocates Office; and advise CPUC management, staff, and others.

Incumbent will represent the Public Advocates Office in CPUC meetings, workshops, and other regulatory forums.

The incumbent will serve as a project leader working with multi‑disciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, lawyers, and, at times, student interns. Incumbent will work on a broad range of regulatory issues pertaining to the Public Advocates Office’s advocacy, Regional Organization for Western Energy, resource adequacy;
Regionalization and PATHWAYS; integrated resource planning; power charge indifference adjustment; direct access; conventional and renewable energy; energy resource cost recovery; energy markets; energy research; and related issues.

This is a hybrid position that will require the selected candidate to report to their assigned headquarter office a minimum of two (2) days a week. Hybrid positions may be eligible for telework under California Government Code Section 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California. The primary location is San Francisco (SF, SAC), but all identified locations are considered part of one candidate pool.

• Experience working with programs in the areas of resource adequacy, integrated resource planning, CAISO markets, Extended Day‑Ahead Market, Western Energy Imbalance Market, Regional Organization for Western Energy, PATHWAYS, capacity expansion and production cost simulation modeling.