The Policy Developer actively participates in the development of the ISO market changes to achieve a low carbon electric system that serves electricity customers, while ensuring that the ISO’s tariff provisions provide sufficient available resources with the right attributes in the ISO’s markets for the reliable and efficient operation of the electric grid.  This opportunity will have a direct role in shaping the future of the electrical energy industry by shaping policy development in areas such as:Enhancing the ISO markets and promoting policies to provide for the efficient development, retention, and dispatch of an optimal fleet of transmission and distribution connected resourcesDeveloping enhancements to resource supply adequacy and procurement provisionsDeveloping new market rules and products to enable new resource technologies and distributed energy resources to effectively participate in the ISO market to provide grid servicesDecarbonization of the electricity and transportation sectorsOperational, environmental, and cost benefits from a larger regional electric gridCustomer adoption of new technologies to efficiently manage energy useThis role partners with internal teams, industry participants, and other stakeholders through the policy development process.  Ensures that resource supply adequacy provisions and any new resource types work efficiently with the ISO’s market design. Advocates California ISO policy positions in the development of new state and federal regulations.What You Will Be Doing: Participates and represents the policy team in meetings with internal and external stakeholders and industry participants, consider stakeholder input, address stakeholder concerns, and communicate proposed actions to address identified needs.Evaluate, propose, and assist in the development of enhancements to the ISO’s markets to ensure efficient market operations and electric grid reliability and to facilitate achievement of corporate goals and strategic objectives. Identify technical and regulatory barriers and create solutions to enable the integration of distributed energy resources into the ISO market.Identify enhancements to resource supply adequacy and procurement provisions to ensure efficient market operations and electric and gas grid reliability.Evaluate, propose, and assist in the development of ISO positions on related policies being considered by public agencies, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state agencies.Actively engage in regulatory proceedings to represent ISO policies and positions.Effectively communicate issues and proposed enhancements in writing and orally. Develop substantial white papers that effectively communicate complex issues.  Provide significant input into ISO tariff and other regulatory filings.  Make oral presentations to internal and external audiences that effectively communicate complex issues.Develop, facilitate, and partner on cross-departmental teams and projects including regulatory reports, filings and responses.Coordinate with implementation teams to ensure ISO market enhancements are appropriately planned and implemented, including ensuring that policies make appropriate trade-offs with implementation effort.Assist in analysis to identify flaws in current policies or other barriers to efficient operation of the current or future ISO energy and ancillary services markets.Ensure revisions to policies meet organizational needs. Collaborate with colleagues to develop policies and procedures for efficient markets and reliable grid operation. 
