Director - Rates & Regulatory Affairs

Job Description:

Under the supervision of the Vice President - Rates & Revenues, plays a critical role in driving Arizona Water Company’s regulatory and rates strategy, executes key regulatory initiatives, and leads regulatory filings and proceedings to ensure compliance, maximize rate recovery, and support business goals.

Essential Duties

Responsible for a variety of tasks and duties, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinating the preparation, submission, and management of regulatory applications, filings, and rate cases filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).
• Developing ratemaking models for regulatory proceedings.
• Developing and preparing rate surcharge, adjustor, and other similar filings submitted to the ACC.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to ratemaking processes, modeling, and planning activities to support accurate, timely, and strategic filings.
• Ensuring company compliance with ACC decisions and other directives.
• Leading tariff management, revenue and sales reporting, and regulatory compliance tracking.
• Preparing, compiling, and summarizing financial information for use in budgeting and strategic planning.
• Conducting economic and cost/benefit analyses for company projects and/or valuation of acquisitions and feasibility and cost of service studies.
• Developing water utility and related industry studies.
• Performing rate-related research projects and other regulatory and utility operating and management matters.
• Developing studies related to customer growth, usage, and industry challenges, as well as statistical comparisons with other utilities.
• Providing updates regarding ACC rules, regulations, standards, and practices and the regulatory activities of other public service corporations.
• Performing other special assignments and tasks as directed.