# Energy Regulatory Lead

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $225k – $285k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Energy Regulation, Utility Regulation, Energy Markets, Public Utility Commissions, Rto/Iso, Transmission, Interconnection, Tariffs, Utility Service Agreements, Power Purchase Agreements, Regulatory Filings, Large-Load Service
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Leads energy regulatory strategy and execution for large-scale AI infrastructure, supporting utility transactions, approvals, filings, tariffs, interconnection, and regulatory risk. Requires 10+ years in energy regulation or related infrastructure work and deep knowledge of U.S. utility and power-market structures.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain energy regulatory strategy across priority U.S. markets and emerging infrastructure geographies.
- Coordinate with Public Policy and Government Affairs on regulatory priorities, engagement plans, messaging, and positions.
- Translate project requirements, including load, timing, reliability, cost, carbon, and expansion needs, into regulatory objectives.
- Lead regulatory diligence for powered land, data centers, utilities, supply, and energy-infrastructure opportunities.
- Identify applicable tariffs, service rules, approval pathways, filing requirements, interconnection constraints, and regulatory risks.
- Support regulatory review of utility service agreements, special contracts, tariff arrangements, interconnection agreements, PPAs, supply structures, and related transactions.
- Coordinate submissions, testimony, comments, data requests, stakeholder meetings, and approval processes.
- Monitor utility rate cases, integrated resource plans, transmission and interconnection proceedings, RTO/ISO market developments, capacity and reliability rules, and state and federal policy changes.
- Build executive-ready analyses and decision frameworks for regulatory pathways, tradeoffs, escalation points, and investment decisions.
- Develop relationships with utilities, regulators, grid operators, policymakers, industry groups, and external advisors.
- Create playbooks, trackers, and governance for regulatory diligence, transaction support, approvals, and escalation.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in energy regulation, utility strategy, power markets, energy transactions, infrastructure development, or a related field.
- Deep understanding of U.S. electric utility regulation, tariffs, public utility commission processes, RTO/ISO structures, transmission and interconnection, and large-load service requirements.
- Experience leading or supporting regulatory work for large energy consumers, utilities, developers, data centers, generation, transmission, or other power-intensive infrastructure.
- Experience connecting policy and regulatory strategy with transaction execution, project schedules, commercial terms, and operational requirements.
- Experience with utility service agreements, special contracts, interconnection agreements, PPAs, regulatory filings, or comparable energy-infrastructure transactions.
- Strong cross-functional judgment and collaboration skills.
- Excellent written communication and executive-summary skills.
- Ability to operate in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment and manage multiple high-stakes workstreams.

## Compensation
- Annual salary range: $225,000–$285,000.

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