Senior Analyst

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Job Code #: JC-504991

Position #(s):

-015

Working Title
:
Senior Analyst

Classification
: PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V

Salary
: $9,631.00 – $12,054.00

Effective
:
July 1, 2025 (CalHR launched the Personal Leave Program 2025; salary ranges exclude the temporary reduction)

# of Positions
: 1

Work Location
:
San Francisco County

Telework
:
Hybrid

Job Type
:
Permanent, Full Time

The Public Advocate’s Office is the independent consumer advocate at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Its mandate is to obtain the lowest possible rates for utility services consistent with reliable and safe service levels and the state’s environmental goals.

The Office represents residential and small‑business ratepayer interests in Commission policy‑making proceedings and processes (e.g., workshops, rule makings, investigations, utility applications, hearings, advice letters, committee and stakeholder meetings, and other forums). These proceedings and processes set rates, rules, policies, and regulations.

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Individuals interested in applying for this vacancy must have eligibility. If you are new to state service or need to gain eligibility to this classification, please to open the examination bulletin and follow the instructions on “

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”.

The examination is a separate process from applying for this vacancy. Please be sure to follow all instructions for each process.

Virtual interviews via web portals or phone may be offered as deemed appropriate and feasible by the hiring manager – standard in-person interviews will still be offered if conditions permit.

If you are passionate about advocacy, enjoy learning, and are looking to make a difference, look no further! The Electricity Planning & Policy Branch within the Public Advocate’s Office is seeking a Senior Regulatory Analyst to join its Procurement Cost Recovery team. In this role, you will investigate utility filings for compliance with procurement laws and reasonableness standards, draft persuasive testimony and comments to defend these standards, and represent California’s electricity customers in rate‑setting proceedings.

Under the general direction of the Program & Project Supervisor, the Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst V’s (PURA V) primary assignments involve regulatory oversight to ensure compliance in the Energy Resource Recovery Account process; forecast and trigger filings; and cost recovery and allocation methodologies. The PURA V leads the review and analysis of the most complex, varied, and sensitive studies, projects, and/or programs.

The PURA V independently conducts a variety of multi‑disciplinary, complex, technical, and analytical policy research and financial reviews, applying original approaches, methodologies, and frameworks; produces testimony in formal evidentiary hearings on technical and potentially controversial matters; leads or assists in negotiations to resolve issues in dispute during the settlement process; writes protests to advice letters and other filings; makes recommendations and presents ideas, research, and analysis orally and in writing, on a broad range of varied and complex public utility regulatory issues;

and represents the organization at intra‑agency conferences,…