Strategic Analyst, Associate

Department Overview 

The Rates department within PG&E’s Customer & Corporate Affairs organization develops and provides expertise on gas and electric customer rates in regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).   

With a primary focus on ensuring fair, equitable, and stable rates for our customers, the Rates department designs rate plans, conducts cost of service analyses, forecasts revenues, and analyzes trends and drivers impacting customer rates and bills.  We support other organizations in understanding energy usage in order to enhance various programs and policies that support our customers. 

Position Summary 

PG&E is seeking a highly motivated Associate Strategic Analyst in the Electric Rates, Analysis, and Planning team with a unique combination of data analysis, data management, and data visualization.  Under direction of senior team members, the Associate Strategic Analyst performs analysis of the impact of proposals on customer affordability; maintains a database of rate-related information; conducts analysis of drivers impacting rate levels; supports cross-functional rate-related initiatives managed by the team; supports development of presentations to leadership; and prepares responses to internal and external requests regarding rate trends, analysis, and benchmarking. 

 The successful candidate will embody a balance of analytic capability, ambition, intellectual curiosity, structured thinking, written and verbal communication skills, and team-orientation.   

 This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland General Office once per week and based on business needs.  

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.  

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

A reasonable salary range is: 

Bay Area Minimum:    $68,000
Bay Area Maximum:    $102,000

Qualifications 

Minimum

• BS/BA degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience. 

Desired 

• 1 year of job-related experience. 

• Ability to work in team environment  

• Ability to learn new concepts quickly 

• Able to understand basic technical and business concepts 

• Knowledge of energy markets and basic pricing theory 

• Ability to communicate technical information to a broad audience. 

• Good skills in in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power BI. 

• Good quantitative and analytical skills to analyze and interpret data and effectively communicate findings.