Policy Developer (Hybrid)California ISO • Folsom, California, United States

Policy Developer (Hybrid)

California ISO • Folsom, California, United States

13 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Remote

Job description

Job Description

The Policy Developer actively participates in the development of the ISO market changes to achieve a low carbon electric system that serves electricity customers, while ensuring that the ISO’s tariff provisions provide sufficient available resources with the right attributes in the ISO’s markets for the reliable and efficient operation of the electric grid. This opportunity will have a direct role in shaping the future of the electrical energy industry by shaping policy development in areas such as :

Enhancing the ISO markets and promoting policies to provide for the efficient development, retention, and dispatch of an optimal fleet of transmission and distribution connected resources
Developing enhancements to resource supply adequacy and procurement provisions
Developing new market rules and products to enable new resource technologies and distributed energy resources to effectively participate in the ISO market to provide grid services
Decarbonization of the electricity and transportation sectors
Operational, environmental, and cost benefits from a larger regional electric grid
Customer adoption of new technologies to efficiently manage energy use

This role partners with internal teams, industry participants, and other stakeholders through the policy development process. Ensures that resource supply adequacy provisions and any new resource types work efficiently with the ISO’s market design. Advocates California ISO policy positions in the development of new state and federal regulations.

What You Will Be Doing :

Participates and represents the policy team in meetings with internal and external stakeholders and industry participants, consider stakeholder input, address stakeholder concerns, and communicate proposed actions to address identified needs.

Evaluate, propose, and assist in the development of enhancements to the ISO’s markets to ensure efficient market operations and electric grid reliability and to facilitate achievement of corporate goals and strategic objectives.

Identify technical and regulatory barriers and create solutions to enable the integration of distributed energy resources into the ISO market.

Identify enhancements to resource supply adequacy and procurement provisions to ensure efficient market operations and electric and gas grid reliability.

Evaluate, propose, and assist in the development of ISO positions on related policies being considered by public agencies, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state agencies.

Actively engage in regulatory proceedings to represent ISO policies and positions.

Effectively communicate issues and proposed enhancements in writing and orally. Develop substantial white papers that effectively communicate complex issues. Provide significant input into ISO tariff and other regulatory filings. Make oral presentations to internal and external audiences that effectively communicate complex issues.

Develop, facilitate, and partner on cross-departmental teams and projects including regulatory reports, filings and responses.

Coordinate with implementation teams to ensure ISO market enhancements are appropriately planned and implemented, including ensuring that policies make appropriate trade-offs with implementation effort.

Assist in analysis to identify flaws in current policies or other barriers to efficient operation of the current or future ISO energy and ancillary services markets.

Ensure revisions to policies meet organizational needs. Collaborate with colleagues to develop policies and procedures for efficient markets and reliable grid operation.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Economics, Engineering, Business or related field.

Master’s Degree or Ph.D. desired.

Amount of Experience

Equivalent years of education and training, plus two (2) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience

Prior experience performing policy analysis related to commodity markets by applying economic and engineering principles and techniques is strongly desired.

Policy development and / or regulatory processes at the federal or state levels, or similar experience desired.

Experience writing and presenting technical proposals and reports to diverse audiences, including high level communications to regulators, executives and / or board members.

Past experience in working with teams and / or stakeholder groups to resolution on technical and challenging issues strongly desired.

Experience developing and managing project plans and teams to meet established milestones and objectives desired.

Experience with resource adequacy policies, wholesale and / or retail market design, distributed energy resources, electric and / or gas utility resource procurement, electric transmission and / or generation development, market operations or market monitoring, preferably in the electric utility industry.

Additional skills and abilities

Must work collaboratively and devise solutions to problems in keeping with multiple considerations and competing interests.

Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.

Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills.

Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential.

Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations.

Problem solving skills with the ability to influence others without direct authority.

Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

Additional Information

The pay range for the Policy Developer position is $41.90 - $58.65 per hour.

We will also consider applicants for a Sr Policy Developer position. This position requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training or experience in Economics, Engineering, Business or related field and five (5) years of experience. Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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