Director, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs – Solar
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Director leading legislative and regulatory strategy for IGS Energy, a U.S. and Canadian energy retailer. Advancing solar, storage, and distributed-energy policies supporting business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead legislative and regulatory initiatives affecting IGS's renewable energy businesses, including solar, battery storage, community solar, virtual power plants, and distributed energy resources
- Develop and execute advocacy strategies before state utility commissions, legislatures, energy offices, and regulatory agencies
- Build relationships with commissioners, legislators, policymakers, utilities, regulators, renewable energy organizations, and industry stakeholders
- Monitor, analyze, and communicate legislative, regulatory, and market developments across IGS's operating footprint
- Lead regulatory comments, testimony, policy papers, legislative proposals, and advocacy materials
- Represent IGS before utility commissions, legislative committees, trade associations, industry coalitions, and renewable energy working groups
- Influence policy development related to net energy metering, interconnection, distributed generation, battery storage, virtual power plants, renewable portfolio standards, permitting, and customer renewable energy programs
- Partner with Solar Operations, Business Development, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, and Executive Leadership on regulatory impacts and strategic responses
- Help ensure business practices align with evolving regulatory requirements and consumer protection standards
- Identify legislative and regulatory opportunities supporting business growth and market expansion
- Collaborate with external counsel, lobbyists, consultants, and trade organizations
- Provide policy updates, strategic recommendations, and regulatory insights to executive leadership
Requirements:
- Strong understanding of renewable energy policy, distributed energy resources, residential and commercial solar, battery storage, and utility regulatory frameworks
- Knowledge of state utility commission processes, legislative advocacy, and utility program development
- Ability to interpret complex regulatory proceedings and translate them into business strategies
- Excellent written communication skills, including drafting testimony, amendments, regulatory comments, legislative analyses, or policy recommendations
- Ability to advocate before regulators, legislators, utilities, and industry organizations
- Coalition and relationship-building skills with policymakers, utilities, renewable energy stakeholders, and trade associations
- Strategic thinking and ability to anticipate legislative and regulatory trends
- Ability to influence cross-functional business leaders and manage competing priorities
- Ability to operate independently while managing multiple complex initiatives
- Analytical, organizational, project management, and communication skills
- Experience with political action committee budget management
- Degree in Political Science, Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Energy, Engineering, Business, Economics, or related field preferred
- Juris Doctor or Master's degree in Public Policy, Energy, Environmental Policy, or related field preferred
- Minimum 8 years of relevant public policy, legislative affairs, regulatory affairs, government affairs, or renewable energy advocacy experience; or 5 years with a JD and directly relevant experience
- Experience with state utility commissions, legislatures, public utilities, or renewable energy organizations strongly preferred
- Experience supporting solar, distributed energy resources, battery storage, or other clean energy technologies preferred
- Existing relationships with regulators, legislators, utility leaders, renewable energy associations, and industry stakeholders highly desirable
- Experience with residential and commercial solar markets
- Knowledge of distributed generation, interconnection policy, net energy metering, community solar, battery storage, virtual power plants, and utility rate design
- Experience participating in SEIA, regional solar associations, EEI, NARUC, or similar industry groups
- Familiarity with renewable energy incentives, tax credits, clean energy standards, and state energy policy
- Demonstrated success influencing legislation or regulatory policy supporting renewable energy market growth
- Must be authorized to work in the US full-time; current or future sponsorship is not supported
Benefits:
- Annual incentive plan based on company performance
- Medical coverage plus free telehealth
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Employer health savings account contributions
- Headspace mental wellbeing support
- Free mental healthcare visits for employees and dependents
- Maven family planning support
- Paid family and caregiver leave
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy services
- 401(k) plan
- Company match
- Financial wellbeing tools
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid leaves
- Employee hardship fund
- Additional perks
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