Freelance Writer – Part-Time

Job Description:

• Draft clear, engaging documents on utility regulation, electricity rates, grid modernization, utility spending, rate cases, transmission, data centers, and related issues for different audiences including policymakers, media, and consumers.
• Support the drafting and editing of PowerLines’ reports and other major publications.
• Review and synthesize PUC filings, commission orders, reports, testimony, and policy documents.
• Write blog posts, fact sheets, policy briefs, newsletters, reporter resources, op-eds, and other public-facing materials.
• Help develop resources for reporters covering utility regulation and energy affordability.
• Collaborate with policy, research, and communications staff to incorporate feedback and refine materials.
• Adapt tone and format for different audiences, including policymakers, journalists, advocates, and general readers.
• Meet agreed-upon deadlines for short- and medium-form assignments while maintaining quality and consistent communication.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience writing about utility regulation, energy policy, electricity markets, consumer protection, public finance, infrastructure, policy, or related topics.
• Familiarity with state public utility commissions and the role they play in approving utility rates, investments, and planning decisions.
• Ability to read and interpret regulatory filings, commission orders, reports, testimony, and other policy documents.
• Ability to explain complicated policy or regulatory concepts in clear, accessible language.
• Strong research, fact-checking, and source-synthesis skills.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Comfort working independently on deadline.
• Ability to adapt to evolving priorities and shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work well with policy experts, researchers, communicators, and non-specialist audiences.
• Strong judgment, problem-solving skills, and ability to identify what matters in complex regulatory developments.
• Experience as a journalist covering energy, utilities, state government, regulation or business.
• Experience writing for policy, advocacy, nonprofit, or research organizations.
• Familiarity with rate cases, integrated resource planning, transmission planning, utility business models, FERC, RTOs/ISOs, or consumer advocate offices.
• Ability to identify what is newsworthy or politically salient in complex regulatory developments.
• Experience writing both short-form and long-form content.

Benefits: