Central Hudson Job Opportunity: Director - Energy Policy & RegulationCentral Hudson


Posted April 26, 2023

What is an Energy Policy & Regulation Director? 

The Energy Policy & Regulation team represents Central Hudson’s interests while navigating New York State’s fast-paced energy policy & regulatory environment. The team is responsible for identifying risks and opportunities associated with key regulatory developments, pursuing strategies that are beneficial to the Company and its customers, coordinating with technical experts, fostering awareness across the organization, and positional alignment across various proceedings. The team regularly reports to and interacts with the Company’s senior leadership team.

The Director’s primary areas of focus will include transmission development, wholesale market participation, statewide grid planning, clean energy transition efforts, utility-scale energy storage and various others. This work includes participation in various workstreams related to the NY PSC, NYISO, FERC, NY Transmission Owners, and Joint Utilities of New York.

What does an Energy Policy & Regulation Director do?

  • Identify, review, and develop positions regarding developments at the NYPSC and FERC that materially impact our New York and FERC Jurisdictional Businesses. This requires communication and cooperation with other utilities, attorneys, and internal departments’ subject matter experts

  • Identify key themes and potential impacts from emerging energy policy; provide regulatory analysis and assistance to other areas within the company (e.g. Engineering, Operations, Legal, Public Relations, and CH subsidiaries)

  • Prepare, maintain and submit written information on regulatory proceedings and external meetings in order to ensure internal stakeholders are kept up to date with relevant policies, processes and programs

  • Perform research on state and federal regulatory policies and filings in order to support the company’s position in its regulatory filings; work with internal business partners to translate their needs into regulatory strategy

  • Develop and implement studies to support regulatory, tariff, and pricing proposals in the context of filings, stakeholder presentations, and other regulatory proceedings

  • Develop and foster relationships with key internal and external stakeholders in order to obtain and share information that will benefit the company, share best practices, provide and obtain technical advice and build bases of influence

  • Stay current with regulatory developments and identify regulatory precedents, key regulatory themes and trends in order to ensure the best outcomes for Central Hudson

  • Build upon technical professional skills within the areas of Energy Policy and Regulation to improve your personal contribution to the business

  • Challenge existing ways of working and continuously seek improvement to drive greater efficiencies

  • Review and produce written material that clearly conveys the company’s position within regulatory filings

  • Research and analyze key themes from a wide range of regulatory proceedings in order to identify how different regulatory scenarios may impact the business

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