Current Job Openings

Energy Division is recruiting for the following positions:   

Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst III

JC-471561 - Environmental California Environmental Quality Act Project Manager; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST III; Energy Division | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Branch | Infrastructure Planning & CEQA Section; Work Location: San Francisco County; Final Filing Date: 4/02/2025

JC-471570 - Environmental California Environmental Quality Act Project Manager; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST III; Energy Division | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Branch | Infrastructure Planning & CEQA Section; Work Location: Sacramento County; Final Filing Date: 4/02/2025

JC-471571 - Environmental California Environmental Quality Act Project Manager; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST III; Energy Division | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Branch | Infrastructure Planning & CEQA Section; Work Location: Los Angeles County; Final Filing Date: 4/02/2025

Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst V

JC-470623 - Senior Energy Policy & Planning Analyst; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V; Energy Division | Electric Planning & Market Design Branch | Integrated Resource Planning - Transmission & Interconnection Section; Work Location: San Francisco County; Final Filing Date: 4/03/2025

JC-470634 - Senior Energy Policy & Planning Analyst; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V; Energy Division | Electric Planning & Market Design Branch | Integrated Resource Planning - Transmission & Interconnection Section; Work Location: Sacramento County; Final Filing Date: 4/03/2025

JC-470636 - Senior Energy Policy & Planning Analyst; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V; Energy Division | Electric Planning & Market Design Branch | Integrated Resource Planning - Transmission & Interconnection Section; Work Location: Los Angeles County; Final Filing Date: 4/03/2025

JC-468534 - Senior Regulatory Analyst; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V (Limited Term) (Will Consider IV); Energy Division | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Branch | Customer CEQA & Energy Permitting Section; Work Location: San Francisco County; Final Filing Date: 4/9/2025

JC-468639 - Senior Regulatory Analyst; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V (Limited Term) (Will Consider IV); Energy Division | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Branch | Customer CEQA & Energy Permitting Section; Work Location: Sacramento County; Final Filing Date: 4/9/2025

JC-468640 - Senior Regulatory Analyst; PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V (Limited Term) (Will Consider IV); Energy Division | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Branch | Customer CEQA & Energy Permitting Section; Work Location: Los Angeles County; Final Filing Date: 4/9/2025  

 

Please contact EnergyDivisionRecruiting@cpuc.ca.gov with any questions.

For all CPUC job openings, please visit https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/careers.

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Energy Division Open House Sessions

 

Our upcoming Open House session will be held on:

  • Thursday, April 10th, 2025 - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST 

If you are interested in attending our Open House sessions to learn more about how to gain employment with CPUC, please contact Energy Division Recruiting at EnergyDivisionRecruiting@cpuc.ca.gov and let us know which session you would prefer to attend. We will then email you an invitation with a link to the preferred session. 

Internships

Energy Division would love to attract graduate and undergraduate students who are vetted, and passionate about climate change, public policy, and energy efficiency initiatives! Internships give students the excellent opportunity to work at the intersection of sustainability and innovation.

Learn more about our internships and view our open projects here

What Does the Process of Applying for a CPUC Job Entail? 

  • Seven Steps to Permanent Employment - click here.

  • Please be sure to include complete information in the application form (STD 678) that will demonstrate your meeting minimum qualifications (i.e. to show number of years of progressively responsible technical research experience in a related field) for the Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst classification series. Same guidance to Utility Engineers (UE minimum qualifications) and Senior Utility Engineers (SUE minimum qualifications). 

    DO NOT
    rely on uploaded resume document(s) or your prior completion of exam(s) for the classification series to show your experience as adequate to meet minimum qualifications. 

About Energy Division

 

The approximately 270 member staff of the California Public Utilities Commission's Energy Division administer the policies that guide California’s nation-leading efforts in energy efficiency, customer-side energy generation, renewable energy, and the fight against climate change. Among many other initiatives, we will be working to implement Senate Bill (SB) 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, which codifies the goals to double the rate of energy efficiency savings in California buildings and to generate half of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

To support Energy Division’s legal mandates, we hire professionals with backgrounds in many fields including Public Policy, Public Administration, Economics, Finance, Political Science, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Law, and Business. We hire professionals with various levels of education and experience (BAs, MPAs, MBAs, and PhDs). These professionals fill various levels of Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst (PURA) and Utilities Engineer job classifications.

Before you are selected to become an Energy Division Professional, you will compete in an open, competitive civil service examination process, to establish eligibility for your targeted employment classification (generally PURA or Utilities Engineer).

Energy Division Classifications

 

Recruitment Resources

 

For more information regarding Energy Division Recruiting, please email EnergyDivisionRecruiting@cpuc.ca.gov.

 

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