Job Details

Requisition ID # 167644

Job Category: Government and Regulatory Relations

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Sacramento

Summary: As a Regulatory Analyst, Principal, you are responsible for developing regulatory strategy, representing the company with state and federal regulators in the U.S. and advocate for the company with industry trade associations. Regulatory Analysts also manage the development, approval and implementation of policy through rulemaking proceedings.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:

• Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area): $140,000
• Mid Base Salary (Bay Area: $189,000
• Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area): $238,000

Responsibilities:

• Develops, facilitates and strengthens relationships with regulators, industry experts and stakeholders to proactively advocate and communicate the Company's policy, business and regulatory positions to internal and external entities.
• Represents the Company in public forums as a subject matter expert by providing clear and persuasive positions on regulatory issues and company strategies.
• Leads and approves the identification, development, implementation, advocacy and resolution of complex policy/issues with regulators (state and federal with significant customer or financial impact).
• Leads interdepartmental and intercompany teams in the preparation of applications/filings, testimony, and work papers for regulatory proceedings before state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Performs and approves complex policy, regulatory and strategic analysis for issues that may have a short or long-term impact or affect multiple lines of business.
• Assimilates large volumes of information and distills into compelling arguments.
• Approves applications, filings, testimonies, exhibits, models, pleadings, discovery responses, summaries and other documents for regulatory proceedings.
• Examines and prepares expert witnesses and interventions for regulatory proceedings. May prepare and give testimony as an expert witness or as an intervenor before regulators.
• Informs director and senior management regarding regulatory developments including meeting outcomes, proposed regulations and timing of key regulatory decisions.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, public policy, finance, engineering or related discipline or equivalent utility industry experience
• Eight years of relevant work experience

Desired:

• Master's degree or equivalent experience
• Regulatory, analytical, communications or public affairs related position.
• Electric industry experience.
• Experience in leadership or leading teams
• Advanced understanding of meaning and rationale of contract provisions; counterparty concerns; and the implications of specific contract language.
• Ability to lead contract and settlement negotiations.
• Ability to synthesize and distill highly complex data and findings to present in verbal and/or written format to diverse audiences; to lead Company regulatory activities and to lead discussions of gas procurement issues.
• Advanced collaboration and interpersonal skills to effectively build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to employ extensive subject matter expertise to anticipate and resolve complex issues with minimal information or supervision of a manager or director.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and make decisions despite incomplete information and limited time.
• Provides direction, training, guidance, and instruction to regulatory analysts in a work environment that fosters teamwork, information and experience sharing, constructive communication and professional and individual development.