Senior Utility Analyst (5602) and Commercial Asset Specialist (5602) - CleanPowerSF, Power Enterprise - SFPUC (165237)

City and County of San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is seeking candidates for the Senior Utility Analyst and Commercial Asset Specialist roles within the Performance Management and Compliance team and the Commercial Asset Management team, respectively, for the SFPUC CleanPowerSF and Power Resources Division. These positions involve advanced analysis, compliance reporting, project leadership, and optimization of power resources. The SFPUC serves over 2.7 million customers across eight counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing high-quality water, power, and wastewater services with a commitment to environmental and community interests.

Requirements

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university preferably with major coursework in Law, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other field related to the utility business.
Four years of verifiable journey-level work experience in one or more of the following areas: planning, scheduling, cost estimating and resource projecting for mid to large scale projects; water supply/infrastructure management and planning; power operations planning and scheduling; analysis, interpretation and application of utility contracts and regulations in either water, power (electric and/or natural gas), telecommunications, or a wastewater/clean water program; utility market and environmental analysis and planning; power supply and transmission rates and contracts; generation, transmission or distribution planning and design; or long-term utility systems planning.
Twelve (12) months of verifiable work experience in the electricity sector/energy markets pertaining to energy resource planning, risk management, and/or financial settlements.
Ability to identify gaps and analyze operational inefficiencies and make and implement recommendations to improve processes and programs and mitigate risk.
Ability to conduct and validate complex analytical studies accurately such as cost-benefit analyses, risk assessment, predictive modeling, financial analyses, and long-range financial forecasting.
Ability to take initiative and exercise independent judgement to develop, implement, and manage projects or programs related to electric utility operations with minimal guidance.
Ability to develop, implement, and maintain databases and manage data, including reporting data related to power operations, energy consumption, and other operational metrics.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental staff, representatives of other agencies and the public.
Ability to communicate and present facts clearly, concisely and in a well-organized and effective manner, both orally and in writing, including the ability to present findings, prepare reports and presentations, regulatory filings and technical documentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing complete regulatory compliance reporting, including data collection, data validation, analysis, documentation, and preparation of regulatory reports in a utility or energy program.
Experience performing complex quantitative analysis such as forecasting, cost modeling, or statistical evaluation in support of operational or regulatory decision‑making.
Experience developing or maintaining regulatory reports, filings, or compliance documentation in a utility, energy program, or other regulated industry.
Experience working with data systems or analytical tools used to manage and analyze operational or compliance‑related datasets (e.g., databases, reporting platforms, or statistical tools).
Ability to supervise Utility Analysts and other technical personnel and provides technical support and expertise for assigned specialty area.

Responsibilities

Leading the full compliance reporting lifecycle, from collecting and analyzing data to preparing and submitting regulatory filings and responses to data requests.
Designing and conducting complex analyses, studies, and special projects.
Establishing robust data reconciliation and governance practices.
Preparing executive-ready correspondence, documentation, and reports.
Collaborating with internal and external partners to optimize CleanPowerSF operations.
Interpreting state electric-energy regulatory compliance guidance and applying it accurately to CleanPowerSF programs.
Identifying operational constraints and developing, evaluating, or recommending policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues, and reduce costs.
Developing and documenting internal processes to support data reporting.
Producing clear, concise and defensible written materials, including reports, work plans, correspondence, operating and financial plans, marketing plans, program descriptions, operating procedures, policy recommendations, meeting minutes, forecast documentation, and legal or regulatory analyses tailored to technical and non-technical audiences.
Translating complex quantitative results into actionable policy and operational guidance.
Developing, implementing, and maintaining databases; managing and reporting data related to power operations, energy consumption, and other operational metrics in support of regulatory compliance obligations.
Presenting findings through written communications, presentations, and meetings.
Providing technical leadership and supervision to Utility Analysts and other staff.
Reviewing analytical work products for methodological rigor, reproducibility and clarity.
Setting priorities and coordinating workload in assigned areas.
Developing, validating and deploying analytical and predictive models.
Incorporating analytical results into compliance and regulatory reports.
Conducting a wide range of studies related to CleanPowerSF operations, financial and cost analysis, price sensitivity, and other complex assignments.
Managing existing and negotiating new professional services contracts including but not limited to renewable energy measuring and monitoring.
Monitoring power resource operations in compliance with policies, regulations, laws and contracts.
Collaborating with various internal and external teams to ensure optimization of power resources.
Assisting in preparing, reviewing, updating and coordinating power supply project operating data and reports.
Assisting with the implementation, on-boarding and monitoring of energy supply contracts.
Assisting in conducting a wide variety of analyses, studies and projects.
Maintaining, reconciling and analyzing data related to section activities.
Compiling and keeping records.
Preparing correspondence and reports.
Monitoring operations to ensure compliance with policy directives, laws, regulations and contractual constraints.
Ensuring power contract terms are met.
Monitoring daily performance of commercial assets.
Ensuring optimization of power resources.
Identifying contract and operational constraints and developing, evaluating or recommending policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues and decrease costs.
Building relationships and collaborating with counterparties, vendors, internal and external teams/departments to optimize power resources when long-term projects reach commercial operation or contract handoff.
Developing and documenting internal processes to support data reporting and monitor resource performance.
Writing a variety of documents including reports; work plans; general correspondence; program descriptions; operating procedures and policy recommendations; meeting minutes; reports that explain schedule and cost variances and trends, provide cost-effective recommendations to mitigate adverse variances and to support negotiation of change order costs with contractors; and other types of written documents as needed to support the diverse work activities assigned to this class.
Developing, implementing, maintaining, and reporting data for power operations, energy consumption, and other data.
Supervising Utility Analysts and other technical personnel and provides technical support and expertise for assigned specialty area.