Interconnection Strategy & Policy Senior Advisor

Southern California Edison (SCE)

$120K — $150K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Ten or more years of experience in regulatory affairs, processes and policy development.
  • Master's degree or other Post-Graduate Degree in Business, Law, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related technical discipline (preferred).
  • Experience in regulatory and stakeholder engagement with FERC, CAISO, and SCE interconnections.
  • Expertise in compliance, contract review, and tariff oversight.
  • Experience leading policy updates and coordinating interconnection planning.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitates and contributes to the development of policy positions, collaborating with experts to identify key issues and solutions.
  • Develops long-term policy strategies and advocacy plans, tracking emerging energy policy issues.
  • Leads cross-functional regulatory teams supporting regulatory activities and stakeholder meetings.
  • Manages internal communication for regulatory proceedings, ensuring alignment and support.
  • Builds strong relationships with external stakeholders to advance policy objectives.
  • Monitors regulatory and legislative developments, assessing impacts on operations and recommending responses.
  • Provides guidance on regulatory processes and best practices for effective participation.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work mode with flexibility to work remotely on certain days.
  • Access to comprehensive candidate resources for benefits and hiring process information.
  • Inclusive hiring practices with consideration for applications with arrest or conviction records.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Facilitates and contributes to the development of the Company's policy positions, collaborating with subject matter experts to identify key issues, propose solutions, and refine strategies that align with the desired goals and values
  • Develops long-term policy strategies and advocacy plans, tracking emerging issues across the energy policy landscape, coordinating additional analysis, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to create effective advocacy options
  • Leads cross-functional regulatory case teams, supporting regulatory activities, including the development of filings, facilitation of meetings with internal and external stakeholders, and responding to data requests
  • Manages internal communication related to regulatory proceedings, driving engagement to ensure alignment and support for regulatory strategies
  • Builds and maintains strong relationships with key external stakeholders at crucial organizations, facilitating engagement and collaboration to advance the company's policy objectives
  • Monitors and analyzes regulatory and legislative developments at the state and federal levels, identifying potential impacts on the company's operations to recommend appropriate responses
  • Provides guidance and knowledge of regulatory processes and best practices to ensure effective participation in regulatory proceedings
  • Delivers reports and other crucial communication materials to effectively convey the company's policy positions and advocacy strategies to internal and external audiences
  • 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 in regulatory affairs, processes and policy development.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree or other Post-Graduate Degree (such as MBA, JD) in Business, Law, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
  • Experience in regulatory and stakeholder engagement, particularly with FERC, CAISO and SCE interconnections processes.
  • Expertise in compliance, contract review, contract template development and tariff oversight to ensure operational and regulatory alignment.
  • Experience leading policy updates, coordinating interconnection planning, and serving as a subject matter expert in utility operations.
  • Effective communication skills for representing SCE in formal communications and contract matters with external partners.
  • Experience reviewing, approving, and recommending changes to tariffs, as well as participating actively in working groups to influence tariff changes.


Additional Information

  • 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 work and 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.
  • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
  • Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
  • Relocation does not apply to this position.


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