About the CPUC Energy Division
Description of Energy Division
The CPUC's Energy Division develops and administers energy policy and program to serve the public interest, advise the Commission, and ensure compliance with the Commission decisions and statutory mandates. The Energy Division provides objective and expert analyses that promote reliable, safe and environmentally sound energy services at lowest reasonable rates for the people of California.
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Contact Us
Lead Managers
Energy Division Director - Edward Randolph
Deputy Director - Simon Baker, seb@cpuc.ca.gov
Deputy Director - Pete Skala, ska@cpuc.ca.gov
Demand-Side Management Group
Demand Response, Customer Generation, and Retail Rates Branch, Bruce Kaneshiro, bsk@cpuc.ca.gov
- Building Decarbonization and Renewable Gas, Nick Zanjani, nkz@cpuc.ca.gov
- Customer Generation Programs, including Self Generation Incentive Program and California Solar Initiative, Tory Francisco, tnf@cpuc.ca.gov
- Demand Response, Aloke Gupta, ag2@cpuc.ca.gov
- Interconnection and Reliability, Justin Regnier, jr7@cpuc.ca.gov
- Retail Rates, Paul Phillips, psp@cpuc.ca.gov
Energy Efficiency Group
Emering Trends (formerly MEEPs), Procurement and Portfolio Management (formerly Residential Programs and Portfolio Approval), Evaluation Analytics (formerly Commercial Programs and Program Evaluation), Planning and Forecasting (formerly Industrial/Agricultural Programs and Portfolio), Jennifer Kalafut, jmk@cpuc.ca.gov
- Evaluation Analytics, Jeorge Tagnipes, jst@cpuc.ca.gov
- Planning and Forecasting, Paula Gruendling, pg1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Emerging Trends Programs, Hal Kane, hk1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Procurement and Portfolio Management, Alison LaBonte, lb6@cpuc.ca.gov
- Transportation Electrification, Sara Kamins, smk@cpuc.ca.gov
Utility Planning and Oversight Group
Market Structure, Electric Cost and Natural Gas Branch, Dorothy Duda, dot@cpuc.ca.gov
- Electric Costs and Accountability, Franz Cheng, fcc@cpuc.ca.gov
- Electric General Rate Case, Laura Martin, lra@cpuc.ca.gov
- Electric Market Structure and Design, Dina Mackin, dm1@cpuc.ca.gov
- FERC Electric Costs, Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, es1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Gas Policy and Reliability, Jean Spencer, js5@cpuc.ca.gov
- Gas Costs and Rates, Elizabeth La Cour, elc@cpuc.ca.gov
Infrastructure Planning and Permitting Branch - Molly Sterkel, mts@cpuc.ca.gov
CEQA and Energy Permitting: Water, Gas, and Energy, Generation and Transmission Planning (including Long-Term Procurement issues)
- Generation and Transmission Planning (including Integrated Resource Planning), Nathan Barcic, nb1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Grid Planning and Reliability, (including Smart Grid), Gabriel Petlin, gp1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Infrastructure Planning & CEQA (including Environmental Review), Mary Jo Borak, bor@cpuc.ca.gov
- Resiliency and Microgrids, Forest Kaser, fk1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Infrastructure, Planning and Permitting Energy, Christine Root, christine.root@cpuc.ca.gov
Procurement Strategy and Oversight Branch - Judith Ikle, jci@cpuc.ca.gov