Director of Government – Regulatory Affairs
esVolta, LP
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Track Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, RTO/ISO, state Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and state legislature policies that impact esVolta’s business and coordinate with appropriate functional groups within esVolta (Development, Commercial Operations, Finance, Asset Management, EPC) to ensure policy impacts to our business are understood and responded to.
- In coordination with functional groups, manage esVolta's policy and filing priorities at FERC, NERC, the RTO/ISOs, state PUCs and other state and federal agencies, as well as select state legislatures.
- Develop regulatory and legislative positions and strategies to promote priorities and offset potential roadblocks to development and new products.
- Work with trade associations to further esVolta’s regulatory work.
- Hire and manage regulatory consultants, lobbyists, or outside counsel to assist policy priorities.
- Manage select regulatory/government affairs budgets.
- Coordinate policy priorities, relationship management and communications with esVolta’s leadership team.
- Develop and advise implementation of compliance with all laws and regulations for subject matter experts throughout project life cycle.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in the energy sector with a preference for renewable energy or energy storage experience
- Strong experience and proven skills in understanding the regulatory process at state, RTO/ISOs, NERC and FERC, and state legislatures
- Exceptional analytical skills in understanding policy impacts to energy development and pricing
- Communication skills: ability to develop and deliver concise powerful messages verbally, in writing and in presentations
- Unwavering ethics and strong moral compass in all efforts
- Passionate about working for a company that is driving the transition to clean energy and the motivation and energy to support the achievement of our mission
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Self-starter that can excel in situations with ambiguity and evolving mandates
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with multiple internal group members across different businesses and develop creative solutions
- High level of intellectual curiosity and professionalism
- Global mindset and comfort with working with people from multiple different backgrounds and cultures
- Must be a team player, knowing that what we will build as a team will be better than what we would each build alone; "no task is beneath me" attitude reflecting the fast-growing nature of our battery storage sector.
Benefits
- 25%
- 401k program with 6% match
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Medical, dental and vision care benefits
- 20 vacation days, 5 sick days and 9 observed holidays
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