Description

Pioneer Community Energy Seeks a Legislative and Regulatory Manager

The Legislative and Regulatory Manager is responsible for organizing, assigning, reviewing and participating in the performance of a wide range of professional duties related to Pioneer Community Energy regulatory and legislative matters, with particular emphasis on representation of Pioneer’s interests at the California Public Utilities; develops Pioneer’s positions on complex issues; and develops analyses, written reports, and presentation materials to support Pioneer’s position. Duties include:

Planning, prioritizing, and reviewing the performance of professional staff involved in the research and analysis of legislation and regulatory issues.

Developing methods and schedules to accomplish assignments, ensuring work is completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Tracking complex legislation and regulations through multiple amendments and preparing drafts of legislative and regulatory updates on policy issues and programs.

Performing a variety of complex research projects on legislative and regulatory policy issue areas; preparing and presenting findings and recommendations of Pioneer's position.

Representing Pioneer in regulatory proceedings through preparation of data requests, written responses, position papers, analytical models, testimony, and exhibits.

Reviewing and drafting comments and briefs, providing high level technical and/or analytic input on regulatory and legislative matters.

Overseeing the preparation of data requests, testimony, and hearing exhibits and participating in administrative hearings.

Tracking, reviewing, analyzing and summarizing filings prepared by utilities and other entities that could impact Pioneer and its customers.

Coordinating and working closely with technical experts and external regulatory counsel to develop effective and persuasive communications before the CPUC, CA Energy Commission, CA Legislature and any other legal or regulatory body as may be needed.

Requirements

Qualified candidates will possess knowledge of California electric utility regulatory issues, CPUC regulatory practices, protocols and procedures; California utility rate design, electric resource planning, demand resources solutions and regulatory relations; and procedures, operations, and functions of legislative and regulatory agencies, including processes for the promulgation of regulations.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Business Administration, Law, or a related field.

Experience:

Five years of professional legislative and regulatory experience.

For a detailed recruitment brochure and Pioneer application, visit: https://pioneercommunityenergy.org/about-us/career-opportunities/