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Marketing & Trading Contracts Administrator (Mid or Sr Level ) Portland, OR – #110923 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

August 6, 2023

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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

Administers program(s) and/or function(s) involving development, implementation, coordination, maintenance, communication and reporting. Specifically, the Marketing & Trading Contracts group keeps track of several hundred contracts under which the company carries out its wholesale energy trading business. Contracts include power sale and power purchase agreements, facility ownership agreements, power exchanges and transmission service agreements. The group is responsible for the record keeping, tracking, ongoing maintenance and regular administration of these agreements. Additionally, the group is responsible for ordering transmission, facilitating transmission applications, and tracking time sensitive transmission and system impact study requests.

Responsibilities of this position include the following:

Analyze company documents to determine company responsibilities.
Receive, process and review contract documents and other related documents for completeness and prepare summaries as required.
Compute contract pricing updates.
Prepare formal applications for service to electric transmission service providers.

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Marketing & Trading Contracts Administrator (Senior /Mid / Assoc. level) Portland, OR # 108143 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

August 19, 2022

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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

Administers program(s) and/or function(s) involving development, implementation, coordination, maintenance, communication and reporting. Specifically, the Marketing & Trading Contracts group keeps track of several hundred contracts under which the company carries out its wholesale energy trading business. Contracts include power sale and power purchase agreements, facility ownership agreements, power exchanges and transmission service agreements. The group is responsible for the record keeping, tracking, ongoing maintenance and regular administration of these agreements.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the Assoc. level position include the following:

Participate as a member of the Marketing & Trading Contract administration team under general supervision.
Perform routine and administrative functions.
Ensure that transactions are conducted and reported in accordance with the requirements of federal and state regulatory agencies and company policies.
Process payments and reconciliation of payments made for studies associated with transmission service applications.

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Sr Marketing & Trading Contracts Administrator (Portland, OR) #107660 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

May 15, 2022

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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

Administers program(s) and/or function(s) involving development, implementation, coordination, maintenance, communication and reporting. Specifically, the Marketing & Trading Contracts group keeps track of several hundred contracts under which the company carries out its wholesale energy trading business. Contracts include power sale and power purchase agreements, facility ownership agreements, power exchanges and transmission service agreements. The group is responsible for the record keeping, tracking, ongoing maintenance and regular administration of these agreements.

Responsibilities

Act as the subject matter expert and provide guidance to associate and career level administrators to ensure, accurate and timely contract administration.
Receive, process and review contracts and other related documents for completeness and prepare summaries as required in determination of Company responsibilities.
Responsible for the transmission book reporting, trade ticket processing and routing, and come-up spreadsheet tracking and distribution.

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Coal Fuel Contracts: A Moving Target

January 28, 2017

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In recent years, coal power generators have faced increasing difficulty predicting annual fuel requirements due to more cycling and low-load operation. That presents problems for the people negotiating fuel contracts. Not all mining companies are amenable to contract changes, but some unique solutions have been developed.

Remember when coal-fired power plants supplied baseload power 24/7/365 (when they were not offline for scheduled maintenance)? It seems like ages ago. Nowadays, load is as unpredictable as the weather, which is to say, if the sun is shining or the wind is blowing, renewable resources are often putting a crimp in coal-fired generation.

But renewable energy isn’t the only thing pushing coal plants to the sidelines; low-cost natural gas has played a role as well. Consequently, some gas turbines previously used as peaking units are now being dispatched for baseload power. That has meant various coal units have had to run at reduced loads or even to shut down for “economy” from time to time.…