Energy-Division-Recruiting

If you are interested in attending our OPEN HOUSE sessions, 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.

About Energy Division

The more than 200-plus member staff of the California Public Utilities Commission's Energy Division administer the policies that guide California’s nation-leading efforts in reliability, 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 (BA/BSs, BEngs, MPAs, MBAs, MEMs, MSs 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).

Join The CPUC’s Energy Division Team

View Energy Division Job Descriptions (PURA's, UEs, and Management) and Tasks List (Work Areas & Sub-Work Areas)
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Please contact EnergyDivisionRecruiting@cpuc.ca.gov with any questions.

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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.

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Energy Division Classifications

Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst Staff: (PURA I, II, III, IV, V)

Utilities Engineer Staff: (UE, SUE, SUE Specialist)

Management Staff: Program Project Supervisor (PPS), Program Manager (PM), Career Executive Assignment (CEA)