ERCOT & ISO Policy

Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.

ISO stakeholder processes are where the rules of the energy market get written - and Base needs to be in the room. As our ERCOT & ISO Policy lead, you'll own Base's presence across the committees and working groups that shape how distributed energy resources participate in wholesale and retail markets.

This is a high-signal, high-stakes role: you'll be parsing thousands of pages of market rules, identifying what actually matters for Base's business, and showing up as a trusted, technically credible voice in rooms full of utilities, generators, and grid operators. You'll work closely with our Markets, Utilities, and Long-Range Planning teams to translate policy developments into decisions.

What You’ll Do

• Represent Base across key ERCOT stakeholder committees - including TAC, the Retail Subcommittee, Wholesale Market Subcommittee, and Demand-Side Working Group - and expand our participation and voting standing over time.

• Conduct this same ERCOT work in other ISOs.

• Track rule changes and market revisions across major ISOs (ERCOT, PJM, SPP) and FERC, identifying what's consequential and surfacing it to the right internal teams.

• Author Base's formal comments on NPRRs, NOGRRs, and other salient market rule revisions.

• Build and maintain relationships with ISO principals, senior engineers, and other market participants; lead ad hoc coalition formation when Base's interests require it.

• Serve as the internal authority on ISO policy - translating complex procedural and regulatory developments into clear, prioritized guidance for Markets, Utilities, and LRP.

What You'll Bring

• Direct experience participating in ISO stakeholder processes or operating resources in organized wholesale markets; you know how these rooms work.

• Strong technical foundation - enough to build a first-principles understanding of how Base's systems and other grid resources function, and to hold your own in committees dominated by engineers.

• High signal-to-noise judgment: you can move through hundreds of pages of market rules and meeting materials and know exactly what matters.

• Exceptional relationship skills - a well-liked rep wins more than a technically perfect one, and you understand that.

• Clear, precise written communication; you can turn a complex market rule change into a crisp comment letter or a one-pager for a non-technical audience.

About this Team

Base's policy team owns the market rule landscape that determines how - and how profitably - Base can operate across every ISO we touch. The work spans stakeholder committee participation, market rule analysis, regulatory comment, and coalition-building across ERCOT, PJM, SPP, and beyond. The rules written in these committees directly shape Base's economics: how our batteries are compensated, how demand response resources are classified, how fast new load can interconnect. Getting this right matters. As Base scales its footprint and distributed energy resources become increasingly consequential to grid operations, the policy function sits at the center of some of the most technically complex and commercially significant decisions the company makes - with direct exposure to leadership and none of the bureaucratic distance of a large utility or trade association.

Please note: Base is a startup, which means priorities shift and evolve quickly. Your role may expand or change based on the needs of the business at any given time, so the responsibilities listed may not be exhaustive.

• First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules.

• Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.

• Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.

• Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.

• Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.

• Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in.

• Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.