Also called: Regulatory Analyst, Pricing Analyst
Calculates what customers should pay for electricity, gas, or water, and defends those numbers to regulators.
You build spreadsheets showing how much it costs to serve each type of customer, design a new time-of-use rate, and help prepare a rate case.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in economics, finance, or accounting.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Finance, Accounting.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI handles cost-of-service spreadsheets and rate models, cutting analyst headcount over time.
Classes: AP Statistics, Economics, Accounting class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2031.
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