Senior Principal -Western Markets and Regulatory Policy

About the role

The Western United States is in the midst of the most significant wholesale electricity market transformation in a generation. CAISO's markets are transitioning to independent regional governance under the newly formed Regional Organization for Western Energy (ROWE), while SPP's Markets+ and RTO West represent parallel options for utilities across the region, and states and stakeholders are actively shaping how these markets — and the transmission system that underpins them — will work for decades to come. These decisions will determine how quickly and cost-effectively the West can integrate clean energy, unlock resource diversity across state lines, and deliver reliable, affordable power to consumers. Advanced Energy United is looking for a Senior Principal who can represent advanced energy companies at this pivotal moment, ensuring that market and transmission rules are designed to accelerate — not hinder — the clean energy transition. The Senior Principal will support, and eventually lead, the organization’s advocacy related to western wholesale electricity market expansion and development. The role will have a primary focus on the development of the Regional Organization for Western Energy (ROWE) and its governance, markets, and services, and related initiatives at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Dependent on need and strategy, the Senior Principal may also engage in SPP Markets+ and RTO West, and in relevant non-market regional initiatives such as transmission planning, resource adequacy program design, and interregional coordination across the Western Interconnection. In addition to participation in specific market initiatives, the incumbent will work in education and advocacy regarding energy markets and regional coordination with individual Western utilities/balancing authorities and state decision makers.

Full-time, remote (U.S. residency required, preference for Western U.S.). Start date: October 2026.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of United's strategy on Western wholesale electricity market development and related initiatives, in collaboration with other policy team members.
• Work with the Senior Director to develop and refine strategy as needed.
• Serve as a consistent, credible face for Advanced Energy United across regional and state forums, bringing deep technical expertise and a constructive, solutions-oriented voice that builds trust with utilities, regulators, and other market participants, and reinforces the organization's reputation as a pragmatic, non-partisan partner in advancing Western markets.
• Monitor and analyze emerging policy, regulatory, and governance developments affecting western electricity markets primarily, and to a lesser extent regional transmission planning.
• Assess market design proposals, identify opportunities to improve policies on behalf of the advanced energy industry, and develop relevant regulatory comments, testimony, policy briefs, and technical analyses.
• Prepare updates for regular member and partner communications.
• Organize the