Energy Division

About the CPUC Energy Division

Description of Energy Division

The CPUC's Energy Division develops and administers energy policy and program to serve the public interest, advise the Commission, and ensure compliance with the Commission decisions and statutory mandates. The Energy Division provides objective and expert analyses that promote reliable, safe and environmentally sound energy services at lowest reasonable rates for the people of California.

The Energy Division provides technical support to the Commissioners and their offices, and the Administrative Law Judges. The Energy Division drafts resolutions for formal consideration by the Commission. Resolutions generally result from informal utility requests called Advice Letters, which are submitted by utilities to request rate and tariff adjustments.

The Energy Division through its Federal Policy and Ratemaking Section represents the Commission in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and court proceedings.

The Energy Division assists the Commission in its regulation of four types of Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs): Electric, Natural Gas, Steam and Petroleum Pipeline Companies. Commission-approved tariffs (official rates and terms of service) for these four types of IOUs are maintained by the Energy Division.

See the Energy Division Functional Organizational Chart and Energy Division's Personnel Organizational Chart

Jobs in the Energy Division at the California Public Utilities Commission

• Learn more about recruiting in the Energy Division
• Learn more about jobs in the Energy Division 
• Learn more about internships in the Energy Division

Contact Us

• Energy Division Inbox for General Inquiries
• Look up a staff member in our staff directory  
• Look up the CPUC address
• For media inquiries, contact our External Affairs Division: Terrie Prosper, tdp@cpuc.ca.gov  
• Contact our Office of Governmental Affairs for Legislation-related questions: Angelica Velasco, angelicagloria.velasco@cpuc.ca.gov
• Contact our Speakers Bureau to request a speaker at your event
• Contact the Public Advisor's office for information about how to participate in our proceedings
• Contact the Consumer Affairs Branch for information about how to file a informal complaint  

Lead Staff

Leuwam Tesfai, Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Climate Policy

Office of Distributed Energy Resources, Natural Gas & Retail Energy Rates

• Director - Simon Baker, seb@cpuc.ca.gov 

Office of Electricity Supply, Planning and Cost

• Director - Pete Skala, ska@cpuc.ca.gov

Office of Distributed Energy Resources, Natural Gas, and Retail Energy Rates 

Energy Efficiency Branch, Jeorge Tagnipes, jst@cpuc.ca.gov

• Emerging Trends Section, Hal Kane, hk1@cpuc.ca.gov
• Procurement & Portfolio Management Section, Coby Rudolph, jao@cpuc.ca.gov
• Evaluation Analytics Section, Jonathan Taffel, jonathan.taffel@cpuc.ca.gov
• Planning & Forecasting Section, Leanne Hoadley, lhy@cpuc.ca.gov

Building Decarbonization & Gas Policy Branch, Bruce Kaneshiro, bsk@cpuc.ca.gov

• Building Decarb & Renewable Gas Section, Nick Zanjani, nkz@cpuc.ca.gov
• Natural Gas Policy and Reliability, Jean Spencer, js5@cpuc.ca.gov
• Gas & Oil Pipeline Costs and Rates Section, Elizabeth La Cour, elc@cpuc.ca.gov

Electric Rates, Customer Generation & Demand Response Branch, Dan Buch, db1@cpuc.ca.gov

• Demand Response, Maryam Mozafari, mm5@cpuc.ca.gov
• Customer Generation Section, Tory Francisco, tnf@cpuc.ca.gov
• Electric Retail Rates Section, Paul Phillips, psp@cpuc.ca.gov
• Rates Discount Section, Ankit Jain, aj7@cpuc.ca.gov

Distribution Planning Branch, Matthew Coldwell,mtc@cpuc.ca.gov

• Interconnection & Distribution Engineering Section, Caitlin Pollock, caitlin.pollock@cpuc.ca.gov
  
• Grid Planning, Energy Storage & Non-Wires Alternatives Section, Gabriel Petlin, gp1@cpuc.ca.gov  
• Grid Resiliency & Microgrids Section, Jason Ortego, jo4@cpuc.ca.gov
• Transportation Electrification, Paula Gruendling, pg1@cpuc.ca.gov

Office of Electricity Supply, Planning, and Costs

Electric Costs & Retail Choice Branch, Michele Kito, mk1@cpuc.ca.gov 

• Electric Costs and Accountability Section, Franz Cheng, fcc@cpuc.ca.gov
• Electric General Rate Case Section, Jenny Au, jau@cpuc.ca.gov
• Retail Choice Section, Dina Mackin, dm1@cpuc.ca.gov
• Utility Costs and Compliance, Michael Conklin

Electric Planning & Market Design Branch, Molly Sterkel, mts@cpuc.ca.gov

• Integrated Resource Planning Section - Planning Track, Nathan Barcic, nb1@cpuc.ca.gov
• Integrated Resource Planning Section - Program Compliance, Christine Root, cro@cpuc.ca.gov
• Integrated Resource Planning Section - Transmission and Interconnection, Neil Raffan, neil.raffan@cpuc.ca.gov
  
• Resource Adequacy and Procurement Oversight, Jaime Rose Gannon, jrg@cpuc.ca.gov
• Energy Resource Modeling Section, Donald Brooks, dbr@cpuc.ca.gov

CEQA and FERC Branch, Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, es1@cpuc.ca.gov

• Infrastructure Planning & CEQA Section, Roxanne Henriquez, rhe@cpuc.ca.gov
• CEQA Broadband Section, Quint Chemnitz, quint.chemnitz@cpuc.ca.gov
  
• CEQA Energy & Permitting Section, Michelle Wilson, michelle.wilson@cpuc.ca.gov
• FERC Cost Recovery Section, Simon Hurd, sh6@cpuc.ca.gov

Climate Initiatives, Renewables & Administration Branch, Judith Ikle, jci@cpuc.ca.gov

• Renewables Procurement Section, Cheryl Lee, cnl@cpuc.ca.gov
• Climate and Equity Initiatives Section, Cheryl Cox, cxc@cpuc.ca.gov
• Budget & Tariff Section, Matthew Iribarne, mti@cpuc.ca.gov
• Personnel & Administration Section, Delia Drake, ddr@cpuc.ca.gov
• Budget & Administration Section, Medea Tsitskishvili, medea.Tsitskishvili@cpuc.ca.gov