Job Summary

Are you passionate about shaping the future of regulatory policies and driving strategic initiatives? As our Lead Regulatory Relations and Policy Consultant, you’ll lead pivotal regulatory projects, including pricing and policy, to support our filings before state and federal regulators. Dive deep into researching, monitoring, and analyzing emerging regulatory issues to align with our strategic planning goals and budget.

In this influential role, you’ll manage regulatory compliance activities in natural gas, foster relationships with key regulatory staff and stakeholders, and represent Alliant Energy in public and regulatory forums. Your expertise will ensure that our projects meet regulatory objectives and uphold Alliant Energy’s commitment to comprehensive compliance.
 

This exciting opportunity will join our team in Madison, WI or Cedar Rapids, IA.

Be a trailblazer in regulatory innovation and join us in making a difference!

What you will do

• Leads and executes regulatory and policy initiatives and assigned rate review issues in relevant jurisdictions.

• Leads assigned regulatory filings, including development of applications, written testimony, tariffs, and other materials, and ensures clear and compelling messages aligned with corporate strategy.

• Monitors evolving regulatory issues and recommends, advocates, and implements policies and proposals that advance corporate strategic goals in the best interest of customers and the company.

• Develops and builds working relationships with staff of relevant commissions and boards and interested stakeholders (including customer interest groups).

• Manages initiatives with a high degree of independence, including identifying and mitigating risks as appropriate throughout the initiative and tracking expenditures and project progress.

• Ensures compliance with tariff requirements and designs market pricing and tariff changes and filings.

• Provides support and guidance to internal teams on regulatory issues, including tariff-related topics.

• Serves as a contact for staff of relevant commissions and boards and represents Alliant Energy in the public arena on a wide variety of regulatory affairs and pricing issues.

• Provides testimony in support of the Company’s strategy and initiatives, including regulatory policy and rate design.

• Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Economics, business administration, public policy, engineering, or related field preferred.

• Master's or Advanced Degree preferred.

Required Experience

• 7 years professional experience in regulatory affairs, energy industry, or related field.

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience in a regulatory role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of energy industry regulatory strategies, theories, and applications and ability to draft tariff filings.

• Demonstrated ability to develop short and long term regulatory policy and strategic plans and translate those plans into action.

• Demonstrated facilitation skills, which include facilitation of issue across business units, facilitation of issues within a single business and facilitation of meetings.

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, written communication skills, and effective in working within cross-functional teams.

• Ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting, accounting, and utility economics. Financial-related utility experience preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).

• Ability to interpret federal and state energy regulations.

• Ability to think critically, overcome conventional thinking, and develop innovative solutions.

• Ability to work effectively in a diverse work environment.

Key Skills

• Competitive Intelligence • Customer Needs • Data Analysis • Financial Modeling • Rate Design and Forecasting • Regulatory Compliance • Scenario Planning • Stakeholder Management • Technical Reports