Manager, Transmission Policy #110671

PacifiCorp Job Posting

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

General Purpose

Design, develop, and implement energy market-related initiatives associated with the transmission business unit, including modifications to the relevant regulatory tariffs. Lead and manage the Company’s strategic transmission policy development with external stakeholders. Manage requests, negotiations, and projects with third-party transmission customers and neighboring utilities. Manage and allocate financial and employee resources. Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees and managing employee salaries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement energy market initiatives for the transmission business unit.
• Lead and manage tariff development.
• Maintain an internal and external leadership role in regional and regulatory workgroups to maximize opportunities and minimize cost exposures from regional and federal legislation, regulation, and policy changes impacting PacifiCorp.
• Manage multiple complex projects; research, track, report on initiatives; and provide guidance and strategic direction to a team.
• Analyze, recommend, and/or implement technical, procedural, and process enhancements.
• Manage interaction between customers and the project team.
• Apply transmission services management principles to support the Company’s transmission market designs and transmission enhancements, including studies and capital project implementation.
• Ensure transmission service processes are supported and manage issues associated with transmission interconnections, including customer interfaces as needed to address customer issues.
• Communicate and coordinate with transmission customers and neighboring utilities to ensure successful project completion.
• Promote activities with an overall transmission services perspective; recommend and implement action plans and process improvements.
• Provide regulatory support for Federal and Regional Transmission Policy and Strategy Development and Positioning.
• Develop positions and responses to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) filings, as appropriate.
• FERC – Regulatory order advocacy, interpretations, and implementation into the business.
• Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) – Tracking & coordination, support, and policy development and positioning.
• California Independent System Operator (CAISO) – Active policy development at the regional level on emerging transmission and market initiatives developed through regional collaboration.
• Advise management of the impact of proposed market rule and design changes and develop potential strategies and recommendations for economic optimization and compliance.
• Select, train, coach, and develop employees.
• Responsible for daily communication of expectations, coaching employees, providing ongoing feedback, and working collaboratively with other departments.
• Facilitate change, develop others, foster continuous improvement, and drive compliance to a developed standard.
• Promote activities with an overall asset-level perspective.
• Assess industry practices and local factors that have a direct impact on both physical and financial performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in market policy, system operations, transmission system planning, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in people management.
• Knowledge of Company’s strategic plan, objectives for specific area, and Company policies, procedures, and practices.
• Knowledge of the Company’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.
• Management skills, including the ability to establish objectives, execute policy, monitor resources, and manage the development or implementation of a system, program, or process.
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills to manage and motivate employees.
• Proficiency with personal computers, including spreadsheet, database, word processing, presentation applications, and SAP.

Preferences

• Advanced Degree.
• Supervisory experience or demonstrated leadership skills.
• Experience in market design or operation.

Additional Information

• Req ID: 110671
• Company Code: PacifiCorp
• Primary Location: Portland
• Department: Pacific Power
• Schedule: Full-time
• Personnel Subarea: Exempt
• Hiring Range: $113,100 – $133,000
• Bonus: Eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 15.00% of salary.

Benefits

Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit PacifiCorp Benefits.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

At PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status, or any other category protected by applicable local, state, or U.S. federal law.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check and drug screening, including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only considers positive marijuana tests for safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.

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