Director, Policy - Central Region

We are ERock!

ERock is a leader and innovator in distributed energy. ERock has responded to long-term trends in electricity by becoming the first smart-grid supplier to US energy consumers. The company installs, operates, and integrates its highly flexible, low-cost, and quick-response distributed generation to increase reliability and stability, reduce costs and decrease carbon footprint.

At ERock, our backup generators ensure that customers will never be without power, allowing their business to operate normally when there is an outage in the area. Our innovative approach provides customers with highly reliable, ultra-clean backup generation at a fraction of the cost of traditional backup solutions. We seek those who share our commitment to customer service, innovation, and ingenuity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead ERock’s policy and regulatory strategy across the Central Region, with a primary focus on Texas and additional responsibility for priority markets throughout the region.
• Identify, analyze, and advocate for legislative, regulatory, and wholesale market policies that support onsite generation for commercial, industrial, and data center customers, as well as microgrids, grid resiliency, load flexibility, and Bring Your Own Generation (BYOG) solutions.
• Monitor regulatory and market developments and translate complex policy changes into clear business implications, risks, and opportunities for ERock leadership, commercial teams, and investors.
• Represent ERock in ERCOT stakeholder processes, Public Utility Commission proceedings, utility regulatory matters, legislative advocacy, and other relevant industry forums and conferences.
• Develop policy positions, comments, testimony, presentations, white papers, and other advocacy materials for regulatory agencies, grid operators, legislators, utilities, and industry stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with regulators, policymakers, utilities, market participants, trade associations, customers, and other stakeholders to advance ERock’s policy priorities.
• Work cross functionally with commercial, engineering, operations, legal, finance, and executive teams to develop policy solutions that enable new market pathways and opportunities for ERock technology.
• Evaluate new and evolving state markets to identify regulatory barriers and opportunities for ERock’s technologies and business model.
• Coordinate and participate in industry coalitions and trade associations, including development of joint advocacy strategies and stakeholder outreach.
• **NOTE**Title and scope for this role is negotiable based on candidate skills and experience.