Join the Clean Energy Revolution
BecomeaSenior Climate Policy Advisorat Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll will focus on regulatory cases that affect energy and climate policy that support SCE’s Clean Power and Electrification Pathway. As a Senior Climate Policy Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
The Senior Climate Policy Advisor leads cross-functional teams to plan, develop, and complete regulatory activities to achieve SCE policy goals. You will spearhead the regulatory process including developing and reviewing testimony, advice letters, comments, and responses to data requests. You will also represent SCE in external stakeholder engagement and advocacy activities.
Because this role is strategically aligned with the operational and regulatory goals for SCE, you will frequently and proactively interact with senior SCE management as well as external parties including staff at various regulatory agencies.
Responsibilities
- Develops business requirements, performs gap analysis, and identifies strategies for controls and risk mitigation
- Facilitates training and ensuring the effective remediation of potential non-compliant situations
- Supports legislative strategy and legislative language development to advance or defend company positions
- Conducts audit reviews to ensure that the company stays compliant with the policies and standards enforced by relevant agencies
- Identifies significant regulatory challenges and commercial opportunities, for the current and future regulatory environments
- Advises and counsels on new consumer products and product structures and compliance with changing regulatory rules and varying political environment
- Oversees and implements the organization's compliance reporting activities
- Leads regulatory report submission for the company
- Provides guidance to cross-functional organizations on considering preventative measures on corrective action responses
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Ten or more years of experience with regulatory filings/proceedings and compliance standards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s / Graduate Degree in Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Public Administration, Engineering, Business, Economics, or related field.
- Five years of experience in any of the following: advocating or analyzing regulations, public policy development, strategic analysis, or regulatory case management.
- Experience developing regulatory documents such as Applications, Advice Letters, Testimony, and Comments.
- Experience driving advocacy initiatives before regulatory agencies, such as the California Air Resources Board.
- Experience building relationships with key partners to amplify SCE’s strategic goals.
- Knowledge of utility-related regulations overseen by the California Air Resources Board, such as Cap-and-Trade and Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.
- Electric utility industry experience.
- Experience with regulatory and/or legislative processes.
- Experience developing and delivering presentations to stakeholders and senior management.
You should know
This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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Relocation does not apply to this position.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We're fueling the kind of innovation that's changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you'll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
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