The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE, PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

3014

For ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE, PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03014

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Human Resources Division
  Public Utilities Commission
  Examination/Selection Unit
  505 Van Ness Ave, Room 3008
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Public Utilities Commission
  Examination/Selection Unit
  505 Van Ness Ave, Room 3008
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  Contact Email: pucexams@cpuc.ca.gov

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

If you have any questions regarding this examination bulletin or technical complications, please contact:

The CPUC Selection Unit by clicking on the link: pucexams@cpuc.ca.gov

Note:  Email is the most expeditious and preferred method of communication

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

Either I

Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Administrative Law Judge II, Public Utilities Commission.

Or II

Five years of experience in the practice of law*, including participation in several contested cases, at least three years of which shall have been in the field of public utility regulation.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

EXAMINATION SCOPE

• A panel of subject matter experts will evaluate competitor responses to each question using job-related rating and scoring criteria.
• The Training and Experience Written Narrative consists of job-related questions for which candidates must submit typed responses.
• This examination consists of a Training and Experience Written Narrative, weighted 100%.
• Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be sent an email notice with the Training and Experience Written Narrative questions, which is designed to identify a range of information regarding each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience to effectively perform the duties required in the classification.
• Candidates must complete and return the Training and Experience Written Narrative responses to a designated email address by the date specified in the email notice to be rated. Candidates failing to return their responses by the specified date will be eliminated from the rating process.

The PUC reserves the right to modify the selection process as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity.

EXAMINATION PREPARATION

Here is a list of suggested resources to have available prior to taking the exam.

Employment History: Employment dates, job titles, organization names and addresses, names of supervisors or persons who can verify your job responsibilities, and phone numbers of persons listed above.

Education: School names and addresses, degrees earned, dates attended, courses taken (verifiable on a transcript), persons or office who can verify education, and phone numbers of persons or offices listed above.

Training: Class titles, certifications received, names of persons who can verify your training, and phone numbers of persons listed above

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of: Law governing the Public Utilities Commission, law administered by it, and judicial interpretation of such laws; rules and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission; conduct of proceedings and rules of evidence and procedure before the Public Utilities Commission; administrative and constitutional law applicable to the Public Utilities Commission; laws governing issuance of subpoenas, taking of depositions, and serving of notices and orders; basic principles of organization, structure, and financing of public utilities; Commission's Affirmative Action Program objectives; a manager's role in the Affirmative Action Program and the processes available to meet affirmative action objectives.

Ability to: Do research on legal problems arising in connection with hearings; analyze, appraise, and apply legal principles, evidence, and precedents to legal problems; make accurate summaries of evidence and prepare examiners' reports, opinions, and findings; present written statements of fact, law, and argument clearly and logically; conduct fair and impartial hearings; analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action; develop and maintain sound cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work; interpret and apply the principles of personnel management and effective supervision; effectively contribute to the Commission's affirmative action objectives.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE, PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Classification will be established for:

• Public Utilities Commission

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Public Utilities Commission

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Public Utilities Commission reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.