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Senior Grid Operator – Portland, Oregon – #110140 (Portland, Oregon, OR, US, 97216)

May 10, 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

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
Monitor path loading and bus voltage for actual and potential limit violations
Continuously monitor frequency, Area Control Error, interties, and other applicable values for indications of inadequate control performance and
take corrective action as needed
Monitor and direct normal and emergency switching of Main Grid facilities
Maintain voltages at prescribed levels per the approved voltage schedule
Monitor all alarms in the Areas of Responsibility and take action to correct alarm condition
Monitor and Operate Remedial Action Schemes, Static VAR Systems, and phase shifters per established operating procedures
Monitor actual interchange telemetry for errors and make corrections as necessary
Monitor operation of the generation function and compliance monitoring guidelines within NERC/WECC reliability standards and procedures
Monitor and adhere to Control Performance, Disturbance Control Standards and Operating
Reserve obligations at all times, updating the market as required
Perform balancing functions as required to implement market and transmission schedules (e-Tag approvals, OASIS requests, actual/scheduled/inadvertent interchange confirmations)
Perform energy imbalance market functions as required (monitor generating unit performance, adjusting/blocking ties, review availability of regulations and ability to meet the load, evaluating equipment outages, adjusting load for dispatch intervals)
Implement Manual Dispatch as needed for projected resource changes on congestion, software problems, system reliability issues, and market modeling errors
Monitor transmission constraints and verify transmission limits are correct in the market model by conforming of lines and corridors
Make the required notifications of system conditions to the appropriate parties during normal and emergency situations
Monitor WECC Unscheduled Flow Procedures and associated curtailment tools
Interpret internal and external operational business issues and recommend solutions to management
Operate in compliance with PacifiCorp internal Business Practices and Procedures
Establish and maintain effective work relationships with internal and external contacts
Act as a lead/expert in the work group.

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Senior Mid Office Risk Analyst / Mid Office Risk Analyst (Portland, Oregon) – 110485 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

May 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

Conducts analysis through research, gathering and interpretation of data, development of alternatives and recommendations. Presents analysis and recommendations to management and may implement selected alternative. Analyses include, but are not limited to, valuations, cost/benefit analysis, trending/forecasting, financial analysis, budget analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities of this position include the following:

Prepare accurate physical and financial power and natural gas position, mark-to-market, and other risk reports through strict adherence to established processes and controls.
Perform, validate, and report upon daily updates of market and asset parameters and the resulting impacts to power and natural gas positions.
Identify, investigate, resolve, and document errors, inconsistencies, or abnormalities in data on a daily basis to provide accurate positions to the front office.
Complete special analyses which generally include collection and preparation of data, analyses using spreadsheets and other tools, and presentation and documentation of results.

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Hydro Power/Controls/Protection Engineer (I, II, Senior) Portland, OR #109894 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

March 11, 2023

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Join the most exciting engineering group at PacifiCorp! As a Renewables electrical engineering, you’ll focus on hydroelectric power production, with an intermittent sprinkling of solar and wind. This work will take you into scenic areas of six western states. 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

Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the company’s generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunication, or other utility facilities/systems. Maintain, upgrade, and new development for Renewables generation.

The work is fast paced, varied, challenging, and rewarding. Areas of work may include arc flash analysis, automation, battery testing, breakers, bushings, control systems, dissolved gas analysis, excitation, generators (rewinding, modeling, testing, cleaning, painting), governors, load centers, motors (control, protection, replacement, sizing), NERC PRC & MOD, project management (appropriations requests, forecasting, accruing, requisitioning, contract scope authoring, contract management, installation coordination, field commissioning), protective relays (protection, control, coordination, bus generators, transformers, feeders), power factor testing, programmable logic controllers, SCADA, switchgear, transformers(testing, requisitioning, removing/installing, monitoring), variable frequency drives.

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Senior Transmission Scheduler (Portland, OR) -109889 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

February 19, 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

Responsible for transmission pre-schedule, control area checkout, internal (borderline) customer scheduling and checkout; after-the-fact reconciliation and WECC reporting. Serves as a part of a team with rotating job functions, including scheduling, After-The-Fact reconciliation (ATF), E-Tag approval, checkout, and several miscellaneous duties in compliance with NERC/WECC policy. The position will work Monday through Friday, and be On-Call on a rotating basis.

Responsibilities

Lead the Pre-Schedule of all energy moving through PacifiCorp’s system
Lead and assist with monitoring ETAG approval/denials
Lead and assist with Internal/Borderline scheduling
Lead and assist After-The-Fact reconciliation.
Lead and assist CAS checkout. Provide OASIS backup as needed
Work with Real Time Scheduling to resolve differences as needed.
Perform and maintain the system load calculation in Energy Accounting System (EAS)
Perform and maintain other non-load calculation in Energy Accounting System (EAS)
Monitor/maintain/update scheduling filters in Control Area Scheduling (CAS) system
Lead and respond to data requests on an as needed basis.

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Senior Resource Valuation/Planning Specialist – Portland, Oregon – 109517 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

February 3, 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

Operates and maintains optimization models used for long-term resource planning, asset valuation, production cost analytics, and resource acquisition related activities and studies. Conducts special studies and analyses, evaluates cost and risk, develops alternatives, presents recommendations to management and influences management decisions. Researches, analyzes, develops and implements new and/or improved optimization and valuation methods in response to changing internal and external conditions. Organizes data collection and maintains timely communications with internal data providers.

Responsibilities

Maintain and operate optimization models used to develop the integrated resource plan (IRP), asset valuation studies, production cost analytics, and resource acquisition including the following activities:
- Ensure model assumptions are current and accurate (examples include loads, unit characteristics, fuel costs, environmental policy, transmission, resource retirements, and resource additions)
- Document inputs and outputs.
- Troubleshoot model errors.
- Review forecast/model results to ensure they are reasonable and consistent with input assumptions.

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Grid Operator (Associate, Mid-Level or Senior) – Portland, Oregon – #109808 (Portland, Oregon, OR, US, 97216)

January 30, 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

The Associate Grid Operator position continues to learn and participate in activities related to exercising 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. This position is expected to operate any of the disciplines (Transmission System Operator, Balance & Interchange Operator, and Energy Grid Operator) as assigned, under minimal supervision.

In addition to, the Grid Operator position will 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 NERC and WECC reliability standards. This position is expected to operate any of the disciplines (Transmission System Operator, Balance & Interchange Operator, and Energy Grid Operator) as assigned.

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