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The California Public Utilities Commission is one the State’s lead agencies working to reduce carbon emissions and encourage sustainability in California. The Electric Rates Branch provides advisory support for matters relating to policy development related to electric rate design in investor-owned-utility territories, including advanced dynamic rate design, time-of-use rates, and low-income rate programs including CARE (California Alternate Rates for Energy) and FERA (Family Electric Rate Assistance). The Branch also oversees implementation of income-graduated fixed charges and rate issues related to industrial process heat recovery.
A Supervisor for the Electric Rates Branch oversees staff who 1) provide advisory support to Commission decision-makers on electric rates and proceedings that examine rate design, and require rate analysis; 2) review and recommend action on advice letter requests from the utility in compliance with prior Commission orders; 3) work with other sections and branches on issues relating to rate design and analysis.
Job duties include supervision (hiring, assigning work, evaluating employee work products, employee evaluations, and training), organization (planning the work of the section, work prioritization, ensuring sufficient resources are available to achieve the section’s goals), policy development (utilizing staff to develop facts and analysis to justify short and long term policy changes), and communication (preparing and/or editing reports, briefing Administrative Law Judges, Commissioners, and division management, and making presentations internally and before other agencies).
Please note, your STD 678 (application form) will be used to determine your qualifications in order to meet the minimum qualification requirements for the advertised classification(s); resumes are optional. Please clearly describe all of your experience related to public utilities and/or transportation in the areas of economics, finance, or policy in the job description field(s) of your STD 678 form, along with the years and months of service. Failure to do so may result in not qualifying for the minimum qualifications for the advertised classification(s).
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Required Application Package Documents
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
Resume is required and must be included.
Prepare and submit a response for each question below. The SOQ should provide specific details and examples that clearly demonstrate how your training, experience, and education qualifies you for the position. Refer to the job description and duties, and duty statement to prepare your response. Applicants who do not submit a completed SOQ and writing that exceeds the page limit will not be considered or scored. All information in the SOQ is subject to verification. The SOQ must be no smaller than 11-point Arial font, single-spaced, and no more than two pages.
Please write your SOQ to address the following three questions:
Describe a project or assignment where you exercised critical thinking and reasoning skills to support a decision-making process. Please include how you communicated with decision-makers.
Describe your experience with team leadership (i.e., ability to motivate a team to work collaboratively toward a common goal; ability to train staff).
Describe a project or assignment where you used quantitative and/or data analysis skills to form a policy recommendation.
Refer to the job description and duties, and duty statement to prepare your response. Applicants who do not submit a completed SOQ and writing that exceeds the page limit will not be considered or scored. All information in the SOQ is subject to verification. The SOQ must be no smaller than 11-point Arial font, single-spaced, and no more than two pages.
