Description:

The Department of Energy Resources' (DOER) mission is to create a clean, affordable, resilient, and equitable energy future for all in the Commonwealth. As the State Energy Office, DOER is the primary energy policy agency for the Commonwealth. DOER supports the Commonwealth's clean energy goals as part of a comprehensive Administration-wide response to the threat of climate change. DOER focuses on transitioning our energy supply to lower emissions, reducing and shaping energy demand, and improving our energy system infrastructure. To meet our objectives, DOER connects and collaborates with energy stakeholders to develop effective policy. DOER implements this policy through planning, regulation, and providing funding. DOER provides tools to individuals, organizations, and communities to support their clean energy goals. DOER is committed to transparency and education, supporting the accessible access to energy information and knowledge.

DOER is seeking an Electric Rate and Regulatory Policy Manager within the Policy, Planning, and Analysis Division to coordinate the Department's policy efforts on utility regulation, ratemaking, and rate design to support decarbonization. As part of that role, the Manager will support the development of policies that promote an equitable, affordable, and beneficial energy transition. The Manager will be expected to incorporate considerations of impacts to low-income ratepayers and Environmental Justice (EJ) communities, in coordination with DOER's EJ Senior Lead when analyzing rates and policies and to provide recommendations to management that would advance equity and reduce energy burden. The Manager will work under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Energy Supply & Rates and will work closely with the Director as well as the Deputy Director of Grid Modernization.

The Policy, Planning, and Analysis Division supports DOER through the development of planning documents, analysis, and policy rate design, clean energy supply, and energy resilience. The Policy Division participates in state electric and gas regulatory proceedings, including intervening in dockets related to electric system modernization planning and electric and gas rate cases to advocate for clean energy investments and rate design. The Division supports other electric and gas policy development and planning through data management and data analysis.

The Electric Rate and Regulatory Policy Manager's primary duties will include:

• Lead policy development for DOER's regulatory strategies regarding performance-based ratemaking, infrastructure investment cost recovery and allocation, and rate design.
• Manage DOER intervention in regulatory proceedings at the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) involving electric ratemaking as relevant to DOER's existing or emergent policy and programs including, but not limited to, base distribution rate cases and performance-based ratemaking plans, investigations (e.g. provision of basic service, rate design, municipal aggregation, etc.) as well as monitor other electric compliance filings including electric reconciliation, adjustment, and basic service filings.
• Manage internal and external teams, including providing project management for docket interventions by coordinating with policy and legal staff and briefing upper management, and engaging with external stakeholders including other government agencies, utilities, non-profits, and others.
• Coordinate with the Deputy Director of Grid Modernization, Integrated Energy Planning Manager, and Gas Policy Analyst on cost recovery and allocation frameworks to support long-term system distribution system planning and integrated energy planning.
• Support interagency and external working groups, such as through the Interagency Rates Working Group, on policy matters impacting electric rate design, ratemaking, and regulatory strategies, including time-varying rates, low-income discount rate, revenue decoupling, etc.
• Draft DOER policy papers, analysis, and briefing decks for Department and Secretariat leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing energy policy, rates, and ratemaking strategies.
• Experience managing complex projects and coordinating with internal and external parties;
• Experience working on electric or gas utility matters in a regulatory or ratemaking context
• Strong skills in writing policy or regulatory materials, including for diverse audiences.
• Working knowledge and interest in retail energy markets, electric utilities, and clean energy.
• Ability to communicate complex issues to a broad range of stakeholders and decision-makers.
• An inquisitive, conscientious frame of mind, and effective problem solving and communications skills.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.

Please provide a cover letter describing your interest in the position as part of your application, marked "as relevant" attachments. First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

Qualifications

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must have at least (A) five (5) years of full-time or, equivalent part-time, professional, professional internship, administrative, supervisory, or managerial experience in business administration, business management, public administration, public management, clinical administration or clinical management or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and substitutions below.

Substitutions:

I. A certificate in a relevant or related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.

II. A Bachelor's degree in a related field may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.

III. A Graduate degree in a related field may be substituted for three (3) years of the required experience.

IV. A Doctorate degree in a related field may be substituted for four (4) years of the required experience.

Comprehensive Benefits

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An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that qualified women, Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.