Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Public Utilities Regulatory Authority

Electric and gas utilities have begun notifying residential customers with unpaid and/or past-due balances that if they do not take action and contact their utility to enroll in a payment plan, they are at risk of having their gas services terminated on Thursday, May 2, 2024. If your household has received a notification from your utility company, please contact them directly to set up a payment plan to keep your services on. These plans charge no interest, and all customers qualify at least once for one or more of these plans. After engaging with utility providers, customers may also contact PURA’s customer affairs unit for specific questions regarding payment arrangements. View eligibility, utility contact information

 
Are you an experienced professional with an interest in public utility regulation?

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) currently has the following job openings. These positions will be located at Ten Franklin Square, New Britain, CT, with an opportunity for a hybrid teleworking arrangement.


Job Title: Associate Research Analyst

Unit: Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis - Reliability, Security, and Resilience Unit

Application Deadline: April 30, 2024

PURA has an exciting opportunity for two (2) Associate Research Analysts to join the Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis (TRA) located in New Britain.

As an Associate Research Analyst, you will support the topics overseen by the Reliability, Security, and Resilience (RSR) unit, in addition to coordinating with other units in TRA. Responsibilities of this position may include:

-Conduct policy research and analysis on topics assigned to the RSR unit including, but not limited to, electric grid infrastructure, broadband, reliability, security, and resilience programs inclusive of cybersecurity and vegetation management, distribution planning, performance-based utility regulation, among others;
-Acting as a project manager for agency investigations, as assigned, developing procedural schedules for all dockets under their purview in order to ensure that the Authority’s objectives for each proceeding are achieved and all standard practices are followed; prepares formal written and statistical reports;
-Studying and recommending methods of providing services more closely associated with cost and performance based rates;
-Assisting in establishing and maintaining a database on costs, demand characteristics and rates of companies for trend analysis, econometric analysis and special studies;
-Assisting in preparation for staff participation in formal hearings before department; performs related duties as required;
-Developing and implementing formal research projects and assists in these activities on more comprehensive and complex research assignments;
-Analyzing, interpreting and preparing data in a variety of ways; prepares narrative and statistical reports; and
-Developing computerized databases and analyzes and interprets computer generated reports.

These positions will be located at Ten Franklin Square, New Britain, Conn., with an opportunity for a hybrid teleworking arrangement.

These positions are 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, between the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Learn more and apply here.Job Title: Research Analyst

Unit: Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis - Utility Performance and Analysis (UPA) Unit

Application Deadline: May 2, 2024

As a Research Analyst, you will work in the UPA Unit to support PURA's focuses of Accountability, Sustainability and Innovation, in addition to coordinating with other units of TRA. Responsibilities may include:

-Conducting technical and policy research and analysis on topics assigned to the Utility Performance and Analysis unit including, but not limited to, renewable energy, affordability, clean energy innovation, broadband, reliability, security, and resilience programs inclusive of cybersecurity and vegetation management, distribution planning, performance-based utility regulation, among others.
-Acting as a project manager for discrete agency investigations, as assigned, developing procedural schedules for all dockets under their purview ensuring that the Authority’s objectives for each proceeding are achieved and all standard practices are followed.
-Studying and recommending methods of providing services more closely associated with cost and performance-based rates.
-Assisting in establishing and maintaining a database on costs, demand characteristics and rates of companies for trend analysis, econometric analysis and special studies.
Assisting in preparation for staff participation in formal hearings before the Authority.
-Developing and implementing formal research projects and assists in these activities on more comprehensive and complex research assignments.
-Analyzing, interpreting and preparing data in a variety of ways.
-Preparing narrative and statistical reports.
-Developing computerized databases and analyzing and interpreting computer generated reports.

This position will be located at Ten Franklin Square, New Britain, Conn., with an opportunity for a hybrid teleworking schedule.

Learn more and apply here.
Job Title: Environmental Protection Seasonal Resource Assistant

Unit: Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis - Strategy and Operations Unit

Application Deadline: December 29, 2024

PURA is seeking to hire a Seasonal Resource Assistant.

This seasonal position will operate like a paid engineering, accounting, or financial internship with the Authority in New Britain, Conn.

The nature of this internship will depend on the selected candidate’s primary focus or experience in those areas. The position will last a total of 1,040 hours spread across a maximum of 12 months. This position offers a hybrid telework structure.

The selected candidate will support either staff in the Reliability, Security and Resilience (RSR) Unit or the Revenue Requirements Unit (RRU) within PURA’s Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis (TRA).

Learn more and apply here.


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