Tag: Operator

Grid Operator or Senior Grid Operator – Portland, Oregon – #107689 (Portland, Oregon, OR, US, 97216)

July 2, 2022
| No Comments
| Energy Jobs In NW

Join Our Team!

 

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

 

Exercise unilateral authority for ensuring the safe and reliable operation of the bulk electric system (transmission and generation) under normal, emergency and black start conditions, complying with the NERC and WECC reliability standards.  Act as a lead/expert in the work group.  Identify business issues and recommends solutions to management.  This position is expected to operate any of the disciplines (Transmission Operator, Balance & Interchange, and Energy desks) as assigned.

Responsibilities

 

Provide training and mentoring for all of the Grid Operators and able to contribute to the safe and reliable operation of all of the disciplines (Transmission Operator, Balance & Interchange, and Energy desks) as listed below:

 

  • Independently operate the PacifiCorp transmission system in a safe and reliable manner, including emergency operations and black start restoration.
  • Monitor and maintain bulk electric system equipment, transmission lines and paths within System Operating Limits, Interconnection Reliability 
  • Operating Limits, and schedule limits at all times, making schedule curtailments as necessary.
…

Read More »

Operator Reverses Course, Will Keep Running Montana Coal Plant

August 13, 2017
| No Comments
| Industry News

The operator of one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the Western U.S. will continue to run the facility, changing course about a year after a company executive said the plant was not economically viable.

A spokesman for Talen Energy confirmed to POWER on August 9 that the company will continue to operate the 2,094-MW Colstrip Generating Station in Montana. The company last year told the ownership group it would need to find a new operator by mid-2018.

Todd Martin, a spokesman for Talen, told POWER in an email: “I can confirm that the ownership group has determined that Talen Montana will continue to operate the Colstrip Station.” He said the company would have “no additional public information to share at this time.”

The Billings (Mont.) Gazette first reported August 9 that Colstrip would remain open, based on its interviews in the past week with representatives of the six utilities that co-own the plant.

Montana legislators earlier this year approved a deal that would allow Pennsylvania-based Talen to borrow up to $ 10 million a year to keep the plant operating until 2022.…

Read More »

EnergyNorthwest.com 2026 . Powered by WordPress