Regulatory Affairs Director, Large Loads and Market Policy
About The Position
NRECA seeks an experienced and strategic policy professional to advance its work on issues at the intersection of large-load growth, wholesale electricity markets, and electric cooperative policy. As electric demand growth accelerates due to data centers, advanced manufacturing, electrification, and other large energy users, electric cooperatives face new challenges and opportunities related to resource adequacy, transmission investment, generation planning, distribution infrastructure, reliability, and affordability. This position will help NRECA anticipate, assess, and influence policies governing how large new electric loads are integrated into the nation's electric system and how associated costs, reliability obligations, and infrastructure investments are allocated. This position requires 5 full days in office with flexibility offered at the discretion of management.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant work experience demonstrating the ability to navigate emerging policy challenges where established frameworks and precedents may be limited.
- 7+ years written and oral policy advocacy in formal and informal agency and stakeholder proceedings.
- Experience building and working through coalitions and through outside consultants to advance advocacy goals.
- Bachelor's degree required.
Nice To Haves
- Juris Doctor, Master’s or other advanced degree relating to area of responsibility preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with NRECA government affairs experts to monitor, assess, and develop policy positions on large electric loads, including data centers, advanced manufacturing, and other high-demand customers.
- Analyze regulatory, market, and policy developments and their impact on cooperative generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
- Evaluate issues involving load interconnection, infrastructure investment, cost allocation, reliability, resource adequacy, and resource planning.
- Engage with member cooperatives to understand operational challenges and opportunities associated with serving large electric loads and incorporate those insights into advocacy efforts.
- Support development of advocacy strategies and policy recommendations aligned with cooperative needs and evolving federal and market policies.
- Monitor and assess developments across organized wholesale electricity markets, including PJM, MISO, SPP, ERCOT, NYISO, ISO-NE, and CAISO.
- Evaluate market approaches to large-load integration, resource adequacy, transmission planning, interconnection reform, market design, and infrastructure investment.
- Identify emerging trends, compare regional market practices, and assess implications for electric cooperatives.
- Partner with NRECA's government relations team to develop policy positions on wholesale market, reliability, and resource adequacy issues.
- Support engagement with federal agencies, regional market operators, Congress, the Administration, and other stakeholders on large-load and market policy issues.
- Anticipate emerging policy issues and help position NRECA to influence outcomes proactively.
- Develop policy papers, issue briefs, comments, presentations, member resources, and other advocacy materials.
Benefits
- Advocacy, financial services and business support services
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
