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Jun 15, 2026

Cross-Cutting Energy Efficiency Analyst (JC-521543) -Energy Division/ Energy Efficiency Branch

Full time Finance Government Strategy-Planning Telecommunications

Job Description

The Energy Efficiency Branch oversees a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, utility engineers, and consultants to ensure that regulated utility and third-party energy efficiency portfolios provide verifiable reductions in energy usage at a reasonable cost to customers. The energy efficiency program administrators regulated by the Commission include investor owned electric and gas utilities, networks of local governments (Regional Energy Networks), and Community Choice Aggregators. This branch includes the Emerging Trends Section, Evaluation Analytics Section, Planning and Forecasting Section, and the Procurement and Portfolio management section. The Emerging Trends section is a cross-cutting team that implements innovative approaches to saving energy, develops new energy financing programs toward 100 percent decarbonization with greater equity, manages Flex Alert and energy marketing campaigns, implements new workforce standards and education programs, develops emerging energy efficiency technologies, has created a new California framework for market transformation, and takes care of other cross-cutting areas.
 
Under direction of the Program and Project supervisor the Cross-Cutting Energy Efficiency Analyst will staff the CPUC's energy efficiency and possibly other proceedings covering areas such as those listed in the section description. The analyst will integrate into other CPUC and Energy Division teams and will interact extensively with the California utilities, Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs), Regional Energy Networks (RENs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, and many stakeholder groups as well as with Commissioners, judges, contractors, and evaluators. The analyst will participate in developing strategies for the most effective ways to save energy, finance decarbonization, develop the energy workforce, analyze and present data, develop graphics to communicate energy savings, shift energy efficiency to the times of day of peak load, avoid outages, keep utility bills down, and of course promote equity.
 
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). 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.

Working Conditions

Please note: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) does not participate in the federal E-Verify program. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must also reside in the state of California. The CPUC may consider certain forms of employment sponsorship, including some visa types, on a case-by-case basis in accordance with agency policies and applicable regulations.

This advertisement is listed specifically for Sacramento (SF, SAC, LA) location.  All identified locations will be considered as one candidate pool to fill one position.

  • San Francisco location, please apply to JC# 521461
  • Los Angeles  location, please apply to JC# 521545 

Apply to only those location(s) in which you are willing to work.

These positions require travel.

This is a hybrid position that will require the selected candidate to report to their assigned headquarter office a minimum of two (2) days a week. Hybrid positions may be eligible for telework under California Government Code Section 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California. In accordance with CPUC Telework Policy, telework arrangements are subject to change and may be reevaluated at any time.
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The CPUC regulates services and utilities, protects consumers, safeguards the environment, and assures Californians' access to safe and reliable utility infrastructure and services. The essential services regulated include electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation companies. We have a diverse, hard-working team and are looking for great talent!

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