Expert Analyst - Decarbonization Strategy

Requisition ID # 171108 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

 Department Overview 

The position will reside within PG&E’s Strategy and Innovation organization on our Decarbonization Strategy team. PG&E’s Decarbonization Strategy team bridges long-term energy transition strategy and execution across PG&E’s lines of business and coordinates with internal and external stakeholders identify and analyze innovative and cost-effective approaches to adapt PG&E’s business to a decarbonized future. With PG&E’s core values of serving our planet and delivering for our hometowns at heart, the team provides consulting to support strategic decision making on long term company investments and policy priorities and leads high-profile utility initiatives related to decarbonization.    

 

Position Summary 

Supports programs and initiatives related to Energy Systems Strategies and climate policy. Works with internal departments, industry peers, and other partners to influence state decarbonization policies and align them with company priorities, funding constraints, and future business needs. Influences company, regulatory, and industry priorities based on inputs from customer research, business impacts and PG&E strategies and priorities. 

  

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland, CA. 

  

PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position.  The actual amount paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location.  The range to reasonably expect will be between the minimum to the midpoint of the range.  The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

  

Bay Area Minimum: $122,000.00 

Bay Area Midpoint: $158,000.00 

Bay Area Maximum: $194,000.00 

  

Core Responsibilities 

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Monitors and manages a broad portfolio of regulatory proceedings and issues to ensure alignment with policy areas that influence cost-effective decarbonization. This includes (1) attending related meetings; (2) reading, summarizing, and critically evaluating applications, filings, and proposed decisions; (3) writing testimony; and (4) providing proactive feedback to PG&E teams to ensure the company’s decarbonization strategy is consistently represented at the CPUC, CEC, and CARB.
• Integrates industry knowledge into everyday business practices and decision making. 

• Researches, analyzes, benchmarks and presents on relevant decarbonization market, regulatory, and policy topics as they relate to the regulated utility.  

• Reviews and comments on proposed legislation relevant to decarbonization in partnership with the government affairs team    

• Leverages contacts inside and outside the Company to pressure-test and refine solutions. Works collaboratively and proactively across internal and external stakeholders to understand and evaluate areas of policy alignment and identify gaps; communicates the PG&E decarbonization position effectively and across functions to influence decisions.  

• Leads the team’s strategic engagement work – including creation and preparation of professional presentation materials, the physical and logistic coordination of meetings and site visits, supporting operating reviews at the Net Zero Command Center, and developing high quality and compelling communications materials to engage PG&E leadership, internal program management teams, external stakeholders, and customers as required.  

• Support the team’s commercial work including aiding in the development and execution of external contracts, like non-disclosure agreements, and some project management as required.  

• Facilitates collaboration among internal teams, ensuring projects progress effectively and consensus is reached on key decisions. 

 

Qualifications 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, statistics, mathematics, business, finance, sociology, engineering, physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience 

• Six or more years of relevant experience 

  

Desired Qualifications: 

• Three or more years performing analytic work related to electric or natural gas policy, planning, regulation, or wholesale markets.

• Performing project management, product development or analytic work related to electric or natural gas policy, pilots, planning, regulation, or wholesale markets. 

• Understanding of electric and/or gas system operations and engineering principles and electric and gas utility regulations and regulatory process  

• Superior writing skills; proven experience in formal and legal writing  

• Collaborative with high organizational awareness. Respectfully builds trust with diverse stakeholder.  

• Experience crafting high‑stakes communications (decks, exec memos, dashboards) with impeccable narrative and visual standards. 

• Hands-on event/meeting operations experience including end‑to‑end logistics coordination 

• Proficiency in managing multiple proceedings simultaneously, prioritizing, and delivering quality results on time 

• Can effectively communicate with credibility, confidence and clarity highly complex ideas to diverse audiences