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.
Jobs in the Energy Division at the California Public Utilities Commission
- Learn more about jobs in the Energy Division
- Learn more about internships in the Energy Division
Contact Us
Lead Staff
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
- Customer Generation Programs, including Self Generation Incentive Program and California Solar Initiative, Shannon O'Rourke, sr6@cpuc.ca.gov or Customer Generation staff
- Demand Response, Aloke Gupta, ag2@cpuc.ca.gov
- Interconnection and Reliability, Sophie Meyer, sme@cpuc.ca.gov
- Retail Rates, Paul Phillips, psp@cpuc.ca.gov
Energy Efficiency Group
MEEPs, Residential Programs and Portfolio Approval, Commercial Programs and Program Evaluation, Industrial/Agricultural Programs and Portfolio, Jennifer Kalafut, jmk@cpuc.ca.gov
- Commercial Programs and Portfolio Evaluation Oversight, Jeorge Tagnipes, jst@cpuc.ca.gov
- Industrial/Agricultural Programs and Portfolio Forecasting, Paula Gruendling, pg1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Metered Energy Efficiency and Emerging Programs, Hal Kane, hk1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Residential Programs and Portfolio Approval, Alison LaBonte, lb6@cpuc.ca.gov
Utility Planning and Oversight Group
Market Structure, Electric Cost and Natural Gas Branch, Dorothy Duda, dot@cpuc.ca.gov
- Electric Costs, Franz Cheng, fcc@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, Lonn Maier, lm4@cpuc.ca.gov
- Generation and Transmission Planning (including Long-Term Procurement issues), Paul Douglas, psd@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
Procurement Strategy and Oversight Branch - Judith Ikle, jci@cpuc.ca.gov
- Energy Resource Modeling, Donald Brooks, dbr@cpuc.ca.gov
- Emerging Procurement Strategies (including Climate Change, CHP, Electric Vehicles), Amy Mesrobian, ak1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Renewables Portfolio Standard, Cheryl Lee, cnl@cpuc.ca.gov or other RPS team
- Resource Adequacy and Procurement Oversight, Michele Kito, mk1@cpuc.ca.gov
- Transportation Electrification, Sara Kamins, smk@cpuc.ca.gov