Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy

Primergy Solar Management LLC•Oakland, CA

7d•$140,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Primergy is seeking an experienced Senior Regulatory Policy Manager to support the company's regulatory and wholesale market policy priorities across key U.S. energy markets. The role monitors, analyzes, and seeks to influence regulatory proceedings, electricity market developments, and utility commission activities affecting utility-scale solar and energy storage project development and operations. The successful candidate will understand the U.S. energy regulatory landscape, wholesale electricity markets, and state utility commission processes, and will translate complex regulatory developments into actionable business strategies. Primergy is a developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar PV and battery storage projects across the United States. It operates across markets including ERCOT, MISO, PJM, CAISO, WECC, and SERC. The company describes its culture as fun and entrepreneurial, and its team as mission-driven and collaborative. Primergy is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and its primary North American investment platform for solar and solar-plus-storage activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
6–8 years of relevant professional experience in energy regulatory policy, wholesale electricity markets, utility regulation, government affairs, or a related field.
Knowledge of state utility commission processes, regulatory proceedings, and electric utility regulation.
Strong understanding of U.S. wholesale electricity markets, including RTO/ISO governance, stakeholder processes, and market design.
Excellent analytical, research, writing, and executive communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple regulatory priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships.
Strong interpersonal skills and experience collaborating across technical, legal, commercial, and policy functions.
Honesty and integrity.
Resourceful and accomplished research skills, including the ability to effectively use publicly available materials.
Ability to communicate and summarize complex issues succinctly into actionable deliverables.
Driven, resourceful, and comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment.
Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work on deadline.
Strong work-product ownership and organizational skills.
Intimate knowledge of power and renewable energy market dynamics; preference for renewable experience in U.S. competitive wholesale electricity markets.
Ability to stay current with changing technologies, regulations, and trends influencing renewable energy adoption.
Commercial mindset, strong prioritization, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to quickly take on new tasks and adapt to new circumstances in a dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Public Policy (MPP), Public Administration (MPA), Energy Policy, Economics, Business Administration (MBA), or a related field, or a Juris Doctor (JD) degree.
Experience working for an independent power producer, electric utility, RTO/ISO, regulatory agency, energy trade association, or energy-focused consulting firm.
Direct experience monitoring or participating in regulatory proceedings before state utility commissions.
Experience developing regulatory advocacy strategies, preparing formal comments, or coordinating external regulatory counsel.
Existing relationships with energy industry stakeholders, regulatory organizations, or market policy working groups.

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyze regulatory proceedings, rulemakings, filings, and decisions before FERC, state Public Utility Commissions, and other regulatory bodies.
Assess the commercial and operational impacts of regulatory developments on the company's existing portfolio and development pipeline.
Prepare regulatory intelligence reports, policy briefings, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.
Support regulatory filings, comments, testimony, and stakeholder engagement activities as appropriate.
Identify opportunities to influence market rules and regulatory policies to enhance market access, project competitiveness, and investment certainty.
Collaborate with internal commercial and technical teams to assess the financial and operational implications of proposed market reforms.
Represent the company in regulatory workshops, stakeholder meetings, industry forums, and trade association working groups.