Director of Policy – Regulatory Strategy
TeraWatt Infrastructure
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Be an evangelist for the electrification of commercial vehicle fleets
- Build the company’s relationships with key regulatory officials and policy makers, including elected officials, in priority geographies
- Leverage high-impact industry trade groups to advocate for Terawatt’s business interests
- Manage regulatory and legislative consultants, and manage annual budgets
- Monitor and participate in public utility commission (PUC) proceedings related to EV charging infrastructure, rates, and relevant distributed energy resource and grid services topics
- Lead the development and advocacy for specialized EV rates that reward fleet flexibility and high-utilization charging profiles.
- Manage company relationships with appointed and staff officials at relevant public agencies
- Engage with and partner with industry trade groups on dockets/orders, rate cases, and IRPs related to transportation electrification, energy and demand forecasting, capital budgets, process timelines, and advocate for faster energization and allowing customer-managed on-site energy
- Streamline regulatory and utility process pathways for developing on-site Distributed Energy Resources in tandem with EV charging.
- Advocate for utility distribution and transmission funding and long-term planning cycles to ensure grid capacity
- Strategic Legislative Advocacy: Lead/support legislative initiatives aimed at streamlining land-use entitlements and environmental review processes to accelerate the deployment of high-capacity fleet charging infrastructure across key growth markets.
- Incentive Strategy & Agency Rulemaking: Proactively manage state-level advocacy to secure and protect clean energy funding streams, while influencing long-term agency rulemakings that foster sustained demand for multi-modal zero-emission vehicle adoption.Lead state-level advocacy to secure clean energy funding and influence long-term agency rulemakings that foster sustained demand for fleet electric vehicle adoption.
Requirements
- 8-12 years of Regulatory, Legislative, or Government Affairs experience in CA and ideally other major US metro markets.
- Proven experience testifying or submitting formal comments before State Public Utility Commissions (PUCs), specifically on rate design, transportation electrification plans (TEPs), or interconnection
- Pre-existing network of relationships with state, federal agencies, and key industry trade groups.
- Experience working at or advocating before the state/federal Legislature, State Public Utility Commission, and/or other relevant governmental organizations
- Experience engaging in Clean Fuels regulation stakeholder proceedings
- Strong understanding of electrical engineering concepts, EV infrastructure development, and electric utility rates and tariffs
- Electric utility, EV charging, and/or DER industry experience
- New mobility, transportation, and/or commercial vehicle industry experience
Benefits
- Compensation for this role is determined by several factors, including the cost of labor in specific geographic markets, and these ranges are intended to provide a helpful reference. The actual compensation offer will be based on the candidate’s location, skills, level of expertise and experience, and internal equity considerations. In addition to base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package and, where applicable, performance-based incentives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
regulatory affairslegislative advocacyrate designtransportation electrification plansinterconnectionelectrical engineering conceptsEV infrastructure developmentelectric utility ratesclean fuels regulationdistributed energy resources
Soft Skills
relationship managementstrategic advocacycommunicationcollaborationnegotiationleadershipbudget managementpublic speakingstakeholder engagementproblem-solving