Application Guide
How to Apply for Policy Associate
at East Point Energy
🏢 About East Point Energy
East Point Energy is uniquely positioned at the forefront of the renewable energy transition, specializing exclusively in large-scale energy storage solutions that transform grid infrastructure. Unlike general renewable energy companies, they focus specifically on storage technology, offering candidates the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that directly address grid reliability and decarbonization challenges. Their remote-first approach allows professionals across the US to contribute to meaningful climate solutions without geographic constraints.
About This Role
As a Policy Associate at East Point Energy, you'll be the central hub for translating complex energy storage policies into actionable business strategies across core markets. This role directly impacts project viability by identifying regulatory risks and advocating for favorable market structures, making you essential to the company's ability to deploy storage solutions at scale. Your work will bridge technical, commercial, and regulatory functions to ensure East Point's storage projects can navigate evolving policy landscapes successfully.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve monitoring state PUC dockets for new storage rules, analyzing how proposed market changes in CAISO or PJM would affect project economics, and preparing a briefing for leadership on policy priorities. You'd likely collaborate with development teams to understand project-specific concerns, synthesize feedback into advocacy positions, and potentially draft comments for regulatory proceedings—all while tracking multiple policy timelines across different jurisdictions.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who East Point Energy Is Looking For
- Has 2+ years of hands-on experience with ISO/RTO market structures (like PJM, CAISO, or ERCOT) specifically for battery storage interconnection and participation
- Can demonstrate concrete examples of identifying and mitigating state-level regulatory risks that affected storage project development or economics
- Possesses both technical understanding of storage operations and the communication skills to synthesize policy feedback from engineering, development, and finance teams
- Shows familiarity with current policy debates around storage in key markets like FERC Order 2222 implementation, state storage mandates, or capacity market reforms
📝 Tips for Applying to East Point Energy
Quantify your policy experience by mentioning specific markets (e.g., 'monitored NYISO capacity market changes affecting 200MW of storage projects') rather than generic energy industry experience
Highlight any direct work with battery storage policy—if you've worked on solar/wind policy, explicitly connect how those skills transfer to storage-specific challenges like duration requirements or dual participation rules
Research and reference East Point's known projects or markets (they're active in PJM and Southeast markets) to show you understand their geographic focus
Tailor your resume to show how you've 'consolidated and communicated policy priorities'—include examples of memos, presentations, or stakeholder briefings you've prepared
If you lack direct storage experience, emphasize transferable skills like analyzing tariff changes, tracking state PUC proceedings, or navigating interconnection queues in competitive markets
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Explain how your specific experience with ISO/RTO market structures (name them) prepares you to assess business impacts for East Point's storage projects", 'Provide a brief example of a regulatory risk you identified and how you developed a mitigation strategy—connect this to battery storage if possible', "Demonstrate understanding of East Point's niche by mentioning large-scale storage challenges (e.g., duration scaling, market participation models) rather than general renewable energy policy", "Show how you've coordinated feedback across multiple functions—describe a time you synthesized technical, commercial, and legal perspectives into unified policy positions"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → East Point's specific project portfolio and geographic markets (they're particularly active in PJM and Southeast US markets)
- → Recent policy developments affecting storage in their core markets, especially state-level storage targets or ISO/RTO market rule changes
- → Their leadership team's backgrounds and any public statements about policy priorities (check their website, LinkedIn, or industry publications)
- → Competitors in the storage development space and how policy positions might differ (like Key Capture Energy or Plus Power)
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Using generic renewable energy policy experience without connecting it specifically to battery storage challenges like duration, degradation, or market participation models
- Focusing only on federal policy without demonstrating understanding of state-level regulatory risks (where most storage policy action occurs)
- Presenting as purely analytical without showing ability to advocate for positions or communicate clearly to non-technical stakeholders
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
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