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.

See the Energy Division Functional Organizational Chart and Energy Division's Personnel Organizational Chart

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Contact Us

Energy Division Inbox for General Inquiries
Look up a staff member in our staff directory
Look up the CPUC address
For media inquiries, contact our News and Outreach Office: Terrie Prosper, tdp@cpuc.ca.gov
Contact our Office of Governmental Affairs for Legislation-related questions: Hazel Miranda, hcm@cpuc.ca.gov
Contact our Speakers Bureau to request a speaker at your event
Contact the Public Advisor's office for information about how to participate in our proceedings
Contact the Consumer Affairs Branch for information about how to file a informal complaint

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

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

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, Generation and Transmission Planning (including Long-Term Procurement issues)

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

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