Remote Position
CONTINGENT - Electricity Sector SME
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Provide electricity-sector subject-matter depth for the Energy Security Fundamentals of Electricity for States class — the sector infrastructure primer and sector-specific detail across the 9-lesson structure. Responsibilities:
- Author/validate the Electricity Sector Infrastructure Primer (generation/transmission/distribution value chain, wholesale and retail markets, RTO/ISO structure, and federal/state regulatory roles including FERC, NERC reliability standards, and PUC authority)
- Provide electricity-specific content for data sources, interdependencies, risk/mitigation, emergency response, cybersecurity, and case studies
- Supply named-state examples and real grid-disruption case studies
Required qualifications:
- 7+ years in electric utility operations, grid reliability, or electricity regulation/policy
- Knowledge of electricity markets, RTO/ISO operations, NERC/FERC framework, and state PUC regulatory roles
- Familiarity with grid security, outage response, and mutual-assistance frameworks
- Ability to write source-cited technical content
Preferred: State PUC, RTO/ISO, utility, or state energy office background. 3-month contract contingent upon our being the successful bidder