Job Description:
Director, Strategic Alliances & Policy
NRG is seeking a dynamic, seasoned professional to join its state Regulatory Affairs Team. The primary focus of the position is empowering customers, by developing and promoting regulatory policies that allow for customers to choose the provider of energy services, make it easier for them to do so, and create space for innovations in the retail energy market. The candidate must possess existing relationships-as well as the ability to cultivate new relationships with regulatory agency staff, utility commissioners, and key stakeholders in the energy-utility sector. The Candidate will be the primary liaison between the Company and key trade and advocacy organizations, ensuring that the Company shares information and positions with those organizations, and to otherwise provide governance that ensures their maximum effectiveness. The Candidate shall seek to align the Company's positions with those of other businesses in order to ensure the maximal ability of energy customers to make voluntary choices as well as to align the interests of those various businesses. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of the policy landscape that attends various forms of retail competition, from a full liberalization of customer choice to more limited forms of competition like distributed-energy-resources aggregation. The Candidate also can be expected to support state-level regulatory affairs activity as needed. The position reports to the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- In partnership with and guiding the appropriate business and/or corporate functions, develop and persuasively advocate company positions to regulatory agencies, policymakers, and key stakeholders in support of the Company's business goals.
- Manage relationships with key energy industry trade associations on the retail and demand side of the business. Interface with regulated utilities, regulators, and other stakeholders.
- Monitor state regulatory agency docket filings of interest to the Business; alert the business to emerging issues and develop/deploy regulatory responses.
- Support NRG Business by helping prospective and existing commercial and industrial customers navigate the state energy regulatory landscape.
- Participate in state Public Utility Commission proceedings.
- Prepare and present testimony in front of regulatory agencies.
- Manage outside consultants.
- Provide regulatory guidance to the Business on existing as well as new regulations as needed.
- Attend and represent the Company at regulatory conferences.
- Collaborate with and support NRG Government Affairs with state legislative and Administration matters as needed.
- Identify new opportunities to expand and improve competitive energy markets.
- Quantify and decide on alternative policy options that may benefit the Company in order to focus its and its associations' policy advocacy.
Education: A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required in a field related to regulatory affairs, public affairs, law, business or communications.
Experience: At least 10 years of experience is required in building effective coalitions and policy advocacy. Retail and/or consumer-technology energy industry experience preferred, particularly in a regulatory role. Experience working to create, staff, or govern trade associations preferred.
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Must have outstanding oral and written communication and presentation skills.
- Must possess strong organizational and planning skills.
- Must have thorough understanding of state regulatory processes and the ability to understand agency rules.
- Must demonstrate ability to establish excellent rapport with individuals on all levels.
- Must excel at working as part of a team, as well as working independently.
- Moderate amount of travel is required.
NRG Energy, Inc.
1201 Fannin Street
Houston
Texas United States
www.nrg.com/home.html
