Policy Principal – Enabling Building Electrification, Affordability
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Policy Principal advancing building electrification, gas transition, and electric affordability. Supporting state advocacy, utility regulation, coalition building, and decisionmaker engagement for a national clean-energy association.
Responsibilities:
- Work with state, regional, and federal teams to execute short- and long-term policy goals across legislative, regulatory, and administrative venues
- Draft regulatory comments, legislative testimony, presentations, fact sheets, and other written and visual materials
- Deliver verbal presentations as requested
- Develop and maintain relationships with staff, member companies, allies, and legislative, regulatory, and administrative staff
- Work with the communications team to identify earned media opportunities, including op-eds and editorial board meetings
- Coordinate coalition efforts and represent United and its members on coalition calls
- Support and organize education sessions, coalition meetings, decisionmaker meetings, and stakeholder outreach
- Travel up to 25% to targeted states for trainings, advocacy days, stakeholder meetings, communications outreach, and industry events
- Represent United on panels, in meetings, and with media
- Provide policy insight, strategy, and experience to on-the-ground teams focused on gas transition, building electrification, electric affordability, utility planning, and ratemaking
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 4 to 6 years of professional experience, with at least two focused in clean energy and utility policy
- Baseline understanding of utility regulation and state energy decision-making environments
- Ability to think strategically and politically in technical venues
- Experience participating in coalitions and engaging with state legislative or regulatory processes
- Entrepreneurial approach and flexible attitude
- Ability to operate in a remote environment
- Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to digest highly technical information and translate it for audiences of different backgrounds
- Intellectual curiosity, inquisitive nature, and excellent listening and problem-solving skills
- Strong work ethic, demonstrated initiative, and commitment to achieving goals
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to travel to meet with members, stakeholders, and decisionmakers
- Residence in the U.S. required
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
- Medical premiums covered for employees at 100%
- Flexible spending plans for health care and dependent care
- Profit Sharing opportunities
- Annual merit-based compensation increases
- $75/month personal wellness reimbursement
- $50/month phone stipend
- Up to $200 reimbursement for home office set-up
- Accrued Paid Time Off
- 11 Federal Holidays
- Annual end-of-year closure
- Parental Leave
- Professional development reimbursement
- 401(k) plan with matching incentives
- WMATA Transit Smart Benefits for DMV employees
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