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We are seeking a dynamic professional well versed in the electric utility industry to join our team as Manager, Policy and Regulatory Affairs. The ideal candidate has distributed energy resources (DER) and demand-side management expertise, and experience collaborating with a broad spectrum of industry and government stakeholders. You have the ability to translate EnergyHub's product vision into a set of regulatory and policy objectives with the power to unlock new opportunities across our business units. You are both a big picture and analytical thinker who can turn complex device and DER program data into digestible comments and thought leadership for a diverse audience. You’re motivated to interface with a wide range of stakeholders in the industry and find middle ground amongst utilities, customers, and the distributed energy community. And, you never lose sight of high-priority state, federal, and agency initiatives and proceedings with the potential to impact EnergyHub’s growth. Besides a rock-solid work ethic and a strong team-oriented personality, we’re looking for a candidate that is creative, passionate, and has a desire to break new ground in a constantly shifting landscape. Main Responsibilities The Manager, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, will be an integral part of the Regulatory Affairs team, with the primary responsibilities of accelerating EnergyHub’s growth through legislative, regulatory, and other policy advocacy and providing intelligence to support clients and shape EnergyHub’s long-term business strategy. They will lead EnergyHub’s engagement in public utility commission proceedings and legislative sessions to help scale existing customer programs, and advocate for reforms that ultimately unlock the full value of demand flexibility. The Manager, Policy and Regulatory Affairs will report to the Director of Regulatory Affairs and will collaborate with teams across the company to ensure that our advocacy reflects all that EnergyHub has to offer. Specifically, you will: - Help develop and execute our regulatory and legislative engagement strategies for the central and eastern United States, with a particular focus on Midwest markets (e.

g. , Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and neighboring states). - Prioritize the highest-leverage advocacy opportunities and initiatives related to grid modernization, integrated resource planning, demand-side management, transportation electrification, energy storage, rate cases, state and federal legislation and grant programs, etc. - Research key regulatory developments to inform business strategy with an outlook of 2–3 years, and identify avenues to influence policy, rulemaking, and ratemaking per the company’s long-term objectives. - Participate in integrated resource planning, VPP potential studies, and distribution system planning cycles to promote the use of demand-side resources and virtual power plants in long-term grid planning. - Educate regulators and advocate for the role of software and DERMS in facilitating demand flexibility through innovative utility-led programs and rates. - Engage with state and local officials—legislators, commissioners, and other public officials—to advance EnergyHub’s policy objectives and build lasting relationships with regulatory bodies. - Represent EnergyHub as a thought leader in electric vehicle program design to ensure that managed charging programs are set up to monetize the full grid value of EV assets. - Represent EnergyHub as a thought leader in grid modernization and demand flexibility program design to ensure that DER programs are structured to capture the full value of distributed assets. - Harvest best practices from battery storage demand response programs to drive the development of energy storage incentive and load management programs. - Track national and state-level regulatory trends and periodically brief senior leadership and internal stakeholders to enable product roadmap planning.

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