Position Description Advanced Energy United (United) is currently seeking a Policy Principal to join our Decision Maker Education and Engagement team (DMEE).  The DMEE team works to support state energy decision makers with information and resources about advanced energy technologies and innovations in utility regulation, to help well-informed Public Utility Commissions leverage advanced energy solutions for today’s energy affordability, grid reliability, and load growth challenges and for tomorrow’s energy system. The decision maker education and engagement team operates as a resource for commissions by providing educational opportunities through national and regional forums, individualized commissioner education and briefings, and connecting commissioners to experts in the energy space.Reporting directly to DMEE’s Central States Policy Director, the Policy Principal will assist with individual commissioner education and ongoing support and be responsible for strategizing, planning and implementing regional and national educational forums for commissioners and commission staff. While focused primarily on Central states and commissions, the Policy Principal will also support United’s national work on energy affordability and energy access.   The ideal candidate has exceptional project management, relationship building, and interpersonal skills as well as an ability to quickly digest and break down complex energy and regulatory topics. Candidates should also possess an interest in—and working knowledge of—state-level energy policy and utility regulatory issues. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, and flexible. Candidates will need to travel to meet with key stakeholders on a regular basis.  Responsibilities <ul style=""><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Support the Policy Director and DMEE team in educating and supporting commissioners, planning regional and national educational forums, and designing and executing state-based strategies for decision-maker education and engagement</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers and a variety of stakeholders including advocacy groups, industry experts, and agency staff</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Develop and lead education initiatives across a portfolio of Central states, including assessing and creating opportunities for knowledge-building and support</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Support DMEE’s Engagement team on activities related to the Mid-America Regulatory Conference, including decision-maker meetings, event planning, and conference attendance</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Conduct in-depth research on regulatory frameworks, energy technology and policy to inform strategic approaches and educational content development</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Build, organize and manage project management tools and systems and maintain and organize information to contribute to program knowledge management and retention </li><li style="color:rgb(15,15,15);margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Prepare reports and updates on program progress, outcomes, and key metrics for internal and external stakeholders</li></ul> Required Qualifications<ul style=""><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;">Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree is a plus</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">4-6 years of professional experience, with at least some of that experience in policy and/or market analysis, policy advocacy, or government affairs</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Familiarity with the advanced energy industry, clean energy advocacy community, and/or state government or utilities</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and navigate technical subject matter</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Strong interpersonal skills required; candidates must be able to successfully develop and maintain productive relationships with regulators and other key stakeholders, including policymakers, advocacy groups, industry and subject matter experts</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Independent self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit; candidates must be very comfortable working with colleagues in a remote environment, creating new projects, building their own calendar, and delivering on high expectations</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Experience managing confidential information and intelligence</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Ability to work across teams and functions to maximize DMEE’s impact across the organization</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Excellent listening and communication skills, both oral and written, required—inclusive of public speaking and facilitating dialogue</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Strong attention to detail and demonstrated copy editing skills in both reports, presentations, and conference materials such as panel descriptions</li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;">Willingness to travel as needed (up to 10%)</li></ul> Physical Requirements The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The employee is regularly required to use hands and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit for long periods of time; reach with hands and arms; may need to balance, stoop, kneel or crouch, walk up and down stairs. Job type: Full-time, regular (residence in the U.S. required)  Location: Remote  Start date: September 2026 Salary: Starting at $75,000 Advanced Energy United Perks include:   •    Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families •    Medical premiums covered for employees at 100%  •    Flexible spending plans for health care and dependent care   •    Profit Sharing opportunities and annual merit-based compensation increases  •    $75/month personal wellness reimbursement  •    $50/month phone stipend   •    Up to $200 reimbursement for home office set-up  •    Accrued Paid Time Off, 11 Federal Holidays, and an annual end-of-year closure  •    Parental Leave  •    Tuition Reimbursement and professional development reimbursement  •    401(k) plan (with matching incentives)  •    WMATA Transit Smart Benefits (DMV employees)  Advanced Energy United is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application, interview process, and/ or to perform essential job functions please contact the Talent Acquisition team at careers@advancedenergyunited.org. We are committed to the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice across our organization (“DEIJ”). We also incorporate these values into our mission of making the energy we use secure, clean, and affordable. We know that varied perspectives and a commitment to social justice are needed to succeed in making the United States an advanced energy economy. We commit to building and supporting an inclusive workforce that represents different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints.

Advanced Energy United&nbsp;educates, engages, and advocates&nbsp;for policies that allow our member companies&nbsp;to&nbsp;compete to&nbsp;repower our economy&nbsp;with 100% clean energy.&nbsp;We work with&nbsp;decision makers at every level of government&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;regulators of&nbsp;energy&nbsp;markets to&nbsp;achieve&nbsp;this goal.&nbsp;The&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;we represent&nbsp;are&nbsp;lowering&nbsp;consumer costs, creating&nbsp;millions of new jobs, and providing&nbsp;the full range of clean, efficient, and reliable&nbsp;energy and transportation&nbsp;solutions.&nbsp;Today, these businesses have a combined market capitalization in excess of $3 trillion.&nbsp;Together,&nbsp;we are united in our mission to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy in the United States.

Early Career - Policy Principal - DMEE 

Position Description Advanced Energy United (United) is currently seeking a Policy Principal to join our Decision Maker Education and Engagement team (DMEE).  The DMEE team works to support state energy decision makers with information and resources about advanced energy technologies and innovations in utility regulation, to help well-informed Public Utility Commissions leverage advanced energy solutions for today’s energy affordability, grid reliability, and load growth challenges and for tomorrow’s energy system. The decision maker education and engagement team operates as a resource for commissions by providing educational opportunities through national and regional forums, individualized commissioner education and briefings, and connecting commissioners to experts in the energy space.Reporting directly to DMEE’s Central States Policy Director, the Policy Principal will assist with individual commissioner education and ongoing support and be responsible for strategizing, planning and implementing regional and national educational forums for commissioners and commission staff. While focused primarily on Central states and commissions, the Policy Principal will also support United’s national work on energy affordability and energy access.   The ideal candidate has exceptional project management, relationship building, and interpersonal skills as well as an ability to quickly digest and break down complex energy and regulatory topics. Candidates should also possess an interest in—and working knowledge of—state-level energy policy and utility regulatory issues. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, and flexible. Candidates will need to travel to meet with key stakeholders on a regular basis.  Responsibilities <ul><li>Support the Policy Director and DMEE team in educating and supporting commissioners, planning regional and national educational forums, and designing and executing state-based strategies for decision-maker education and engagement</li><li>Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers and a variety of stakeholders including advocacy groups, industry experts, and agency staff</li><li>Develop and lead education initiatives across a portfolio of Central states, including assessing and creating opportunities for knowledge-building and support</li><li>Support DMEE’s Engagement team on activities related to the Mid-America Regulatory Conference, including decision-maker meetings, event planning, and conference attendance</li><li>Conduct in-depth research on regulatory frameworks, energy technology and policy to inform strategic approaches and educational content development</li><li>Build, organize and manage project management tools and systems and maintain and organize information to contribute to program knowledge management and retention </li><li>Prepare reports and updates on program progress, outcomes, and key metrics for internal and external stakeholders</li></ul> Required Qualifications<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree is a plus</li><li>4-6 years of professional experience, with at least some of that experience in policy and/or market analysis, policy advocacy, or government affairs</li><li>Familiarity with the advanced energy industry, clean energy advocacy community, and/or state government or utilities</li><li>Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and navigate technical subject matter</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills required; candidates must be able to successfully develop and maintain productive relationships with regulators and other key stakeholders, including policymakers, advocacy groups, industry and subject matter experts</li><li>Independent self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit; candidates must be very comfortable working with colleagues in a remote environment, creating new projects, building their own calendar, and delivering on high expectations</li><li>Experience managing confidential information and intelligence</li><li>Ability to work across teams and functions to maximize DMEE’s impact across the organization</li><li>Excellent listening and communication skills, both oral and written, required—inclusive of public speaking and facilitating dialogue</li><li>Strong attention to detail and demonstrated copy editing skills in both reports, presentations, and conference materials such as panel descriptions</li><li>Willingness to travel as needed (up to 10%)</li></ul> Physical Requirements The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The employee is regularly required to use hands and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit for long periods of time; reach with hands and arms; may need to balance, stoop, kneel or crouch, walk up and down stairs. Job type: Full-time, regular (residence in the U.S. required)  Location: Remote  Start date: September 2026 Salary: Starting at $75,000 Advanced Energy United Perks include:   •    Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families •    Medical premiums covered for employees at 100%  •    Flexible spending plans for health care and dependent care   •    Profit Sharing opportunities and annual merit-based compensation increases  •    $75/month personal wellness reimbursement  •    $50/month phone stipend   •    Up to $200 reimbursement for home office set-up  •    Accrued Paid Time Off, 11 Federal Holidays, and an annual end-of-year closure  •    Parental Leave  •    Tuition Reimbursement and professional development reimbursement  •    401(k) plan (with matching incentives)  •    WMATA Transit Smart Benefits (DMV employees)  Advanced Energy United is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application, interview process, and/ or to perform essential job functions please contact the Talent Acquisition team at careers@advancedenergyunited.org. We are committed to the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice across our organization (“DEIJ”). We also incorporate these values into our mission of making the energy we use secure, clean, and affordable. We know that varied perspectives and a commitment to social justice are needed to succeed in making the United States an advanced energy economy. We commit to building and supporting an inclusive workforce that represents different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints.

Early Career - Policy Principal - DMEE

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