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Current Job Openings

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

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Energy Division Open House Sessions

Our upcoming Open House Sessions will be held on:

Thursday, July 24^th - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
Thursday, August 21^st - 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?

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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.

Current CPUC Exams

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How to write a Statement of Qualifications SOQ

State of California Employee Benefits

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About Energy Division

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) sets the policy and rules for regulated utility services that are essential to modern life for all Californians. The CPUC’s mission is to ensure safe, reliable, and affordable utility services.

The approximately 270 member staff of the CPUC’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.

The Energy Division provides technical support to the Commissioners and their offices, and the Administrative Law Judges. We draft resolutions for formal consideration by the Commission. Resolutions generally result from informal utility requests called Advice Letters, which are submitted by utilities to request rate and tariff adjustments.

Through its Federal Policy and Ratemaking Section, the Energy Division also represents the Commission in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and court proceedings.

Additionally, we assist the Commission in its regulation of four types of Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs): Electric, Natural Gas, Steam and Petroleum Pipeline Companies. Commission-approved tariffs (official rates and terms of service) for these four types of IOUs are maintained by the Energy Division.

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 (i.e., BAs, MPAs, MBAs, and PhDs). These professionals fill various levels of Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst (PURA), Administration, 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.

Come join us! We are setting the pace in California’s efforts to develop an electric grid powered by low cost, carbon-free electricity. Our development of these resources makes clean electricity accessible to all Californians. Electrifying California’s economy and building a reliable, safe, affordable, and clean electric grid of the future are cornerstones of both our climate leadership and economic plan for the future. To learn more about the important work we do, visit our Annual Reports page that highlight some of our activities: CPUC Annual Reports.