Early Career - Policy Principal - Wholesale Electricity Markets - MISO/SPP

About the role

United is a national industry association representing businesses that provide advanced energy and transportation solutions. Our team works to educate, advocate, and activate in decisionmaker venues across the country. We advocate for public policies that enable competition and work alongside our member companies to create economic opportunity, lower consumer costs, and bolster energy reliability and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies and campaigns to accelerate clean energy deployment in the MISO and SPP regions.
• Draft comments and create reports, presentations, fact sheets, and other written and visual materials needed for education and advocacy efforts, and deliver verbal presentations as necessary.
• Manage the tracking and analysis of MISO and SPP wholesale market reform efforts and planning processes, providing intelligence and insights for members and policymakers.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with United staff, members, partners, regulators and policymakers, and key wholesale electricity markets staff and market participants.
• Work with United’s communications team to identify opportunities for United to seek earned media coverage, including op-eds, editorial board meetings, etc., in key media outlets.
• Engage in coordination and advocacy efforts with coalition allies in support of clean energy goals in MISO and SPP.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Master’s degree is a plus.
• 4-6 years of professional experience, with at least some of that experience in policy analysis, policy advocacy, and/or market analysis; some experience with MISO, SPP, and/or other competitive wholesale electricity markets strongly preferred.
• Experience in the advanced energy industry or clean energy advocacy community is a plus.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit; candidates must be very comfortable working and collaborating in a remote environment with colleagues, creating new projects, building their own calendar, and delivering on high expectations.
• Must be comfortable working with and learning about complex economic and technical subjects and have the ability to distill them into easy-to-digest takeaways.
• Strong interpersonal skills required; candidates must be able to successfully develop and maintain productive relationships with members, industry stakeholders, policymakers, and other key contacts.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written required - inclusive of public speaking.
• Intellectual curiosity, inquisitive nature, and excellent listening and problem-solving skills.
• Travel and attend MISO and SPP stakeholder meetings as needed. Travel will average roughly 25%.
• Experience in advancing a policy agenda and/or working with business leaders is a plus.