Senior Utility Analyst (5602) and Commercial Asset Specialist (5602) - CleanPowerSF, Power Enterprise - SFPUC (165237)

About the Role

This recruitment will be used to fill positions in the Performance Management and Compliance team and the Commercial Asset Management team within the SFPUC CleanPowerSF and Power Resources Division.

Performance Management and Compliance Senior Utility Analyst

Under general direction within the Performance Management and Compliance Team of CleanPowerSF at the SFPUC, the Senior Utility Analyst serves as a senior-level compliance analyst performing advanced quantitative and qualitative analysis to interpret complex regulations, laws, policies, procedures, and contractual requirements; develops data-driven recommendations aligned with state regulations and CleanPowerSF objectives; and leads projects that apply advanced analytical methods and techniques to complex, multidisciplinary issues.

Responsibilities

• Leading the full compliance reporting lifecycle, from collecting and analyzing data to preparing and submitting regulatory filings and responses to data requests
• Designing and conducting complex analyses, studies, and special projects
• Establishing robust data reconciliation and governance practices
• Preparing executive-ready correspondence, documentation, and reports
• Collaborating with internal and external partners to optimize CleanPowerSF operations
• Effectively interpreting state electric-energy regulatory compliance guidance and applying it accurately to CleanPowerSF programs, ensuring timely and complete responses to regulatory requirements
• Through data-driven analyses, identifying operational constraints and developing, evaluating, or recommending policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues, and reduce costs
• Developing and documenting internal processes to support data reporting
• Producing clear, concise and defensible written materials, including reports, work plans, correspondence, operating and financial plans, marketing plans, program descriptions, operating procedures, policy recommendations, meeting minutes, forecast documentation, and legal or regulatory analyses tailored to technical and non-technical audiences; translating complex quantitative results into actionable policy and operational guidance
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining databases; managing and reporting data related to power operations, energy consumption, and other operational metrics in support of regulatory compliance obligations; and presenting findings through written communications, presentations, and meetings
• Providing technical leadership and supervision to Utility Analysts and other staff; reviewing analytical work products for methodological rigor, reproducibility and clarity; setting priorities and coordinating workload in assigned areas
• Developing, validating and deploying analytical and predictive models; incorporating analytical results into compliance and regulatory reports; and conducting a wide range of studies related to CleanPowerSF operations, financial and cost analysis, price sensitivity, and other complex assignments
• Managing existing and negotiating new professional services contracts including but not limited to renewable energy measuring and monitoring
• Performing other job related duties as required

Commercial Asset Management Commercial Asset Specialist

Under general direction within the Commercial Asset Management Team of CleanPowerSF at the SFPUC, the Commercial Asset Specialist performs duties in the following areas associated with power supply commercial asset management: assist in monitoring power resource operations in compliance with policies, regulations, laws and contracts; collaborate with various internal and external teams to ensure optimization of power resources; assist in preparing, reviewing, updating and coordinating power supply project operating data and reports; assist with the implementation, on-boarding and monitoring of energy supply contracts; assist in conducting a wide variety of analyses, studies and projects; maintain, reconcile and analyze data related to section activities; compile and keep records; prepare correspondence and reports.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring operations to ensure compliance with policy directives, laws, regulations and contractual constraints; ensuring power contract terms are met; monitoring daily performance of commercial assets; ensuring optimization of power resources
• Identifying contract and operational constraints and developing, evaluating or recommending policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues and decrease costs
• Building relationships and collaborating with counterparties, vendors, internal and external teams/departments to optimize power resources when long-term projects reach commercial operation or contract handoff
• Developing and documenting internal processes to support data reporting and monitor resource performance
• Writing a variety of documents including reports; work plans; general correspondence; program descriptions; operating procedures and policy recommendations; meeting minutes; reports that explain schedule and cost variances and trends, provide cost-effective recommendations to mitigate adverse variances and to support negotiation of change order costs with contractors; and other types of written documents as needed to support the diverse work activities assigned to this class
• Developing, implementing, maintaining, and reporting data for power operations, energy consumption, and other data
• Presenting findings in communications, presentations, and meetings
• Supervising Utility Analysts and other technical personnel and providing technical support and expertise for assigned specialty area
• Performing other job related duties as required

Qualifications

Education: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university preferably with major coursework in Law, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other field related to the utility business.

Experience: Four years of verifiable journey-level work experience in one or more of the following areas: planning, scheduling, cost estimating and resource projecting for mid to large scale projects; water supply/infrastructure management and planning; power operations planning and scheduling; analysis, interpretation and application of utility contracts and regulations in either water, power (electric and/or natural gas), telecommunications, or a wastewater/clean water program; utility market and environmental analysis and planning; power supply and transmission rates and contracts; generation, transmission or distribution planning and design; or long-term utility systems planning.

Special Condition: Twelve (12) months of verifiable work experience in the electricity sector/energy markets pertaining to energy resource planning, risk management, and/or financial settlements.

Substitution: Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.

The above minimum qualifications reflect special conditions associated with the position(s) to be filled. They may differ from the standard minimum qualifications associated with this class code. One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment. Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience managing complete regulatory compliance reporting, including data collection, data validation, analysis, documentation, and preparation of regulatory reports in a utility or energy program
• Experience performing complex quantitative analysis such as forecasting, cost modeling, or statistical evaluation in support of operational or regulatory decision-making
• Experience developing or maintaining regulatory reports, filings, or compliance documentation in a utility, energy program, or other regulated industry
• Experience working with data systems or analytical tools used to manage and analyze operational or compliance-related datasets (e.g., databases, reporting platforms, or statistical tools)