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Manager, Transmission Policy – Portland, OR #110671 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

August 18, 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

Design, develop and implement energy market related initiatives associated with transmission business unit including modifications to the relevant regulatory tariffs. Lead and manage the Company’s strategic transmission policy development with external stakeholders. Manage the process of 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 responsible for management of 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 work groups in order to maximize opportunities and minimize cost exposures that result 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.

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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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Sr. Attorney (Transmission) – Portland, OR (Remote available) – #107667 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

July 14, 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

Provides legal assessments, interpretations, recommendations, and representation on corporate policies and issues in compliance with federal, state, county, and municipal statutes and other legal authority. Represents the Company in courts, formal hearings, administrative hearings, and/or board/regulatory meetings. Provides counsel and legal assistance in the interpretation of statutes, legal opinions, and obligations. Reviews and recommends application of Company and department policies to protect the Company’s interests and objectives. Prepares and reviews legal documents and/or contracts. Oversees, selects, and directs outside legal counsel as appropriate. This may include, but is not limited to all policy, legal and regulatory matters relating to transmission facilities, wholesale transmission and interconnection service, and energy markets, with emphasis on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) regulations, including regulatory or litigation proceedings.

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Commercial Transmission Specialist – Portland, Oregon – #106608 (Portland, OR, US, 97232)

April 13, 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

PacifiCorp’s Energy Supply Management (ESM) group is looking for a highly motivated Commercial Transmission Specialist who will manage and optimize the Company’s merchant transmission assets, analyze and negotiate the purchase of new merchant transmission rights, and provide guidance in the sale and remarketing of merchant transmission rights, consistent with the strategic direction of the Company. The individual will manage Network, Point-to-Point and legacy transmission agreements with transmission providers with the overall goal to reduce risk and enhance net power costs for customers. In addition, the individual will perform economic analysis and data driven analytics to justify existing and new transmission contracts.

Responsibilities

Manage rights and obligations in existing Network, Point-to-Point and legacy transmission agreement obligations with transmission providers, including but not limited to PacifiCorp, Idaho Power and the Bonneville Power Administration.

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Entergy: Hurricane Ida Took Out Eight Critical High-Voltage Transmission Lines

September 3, 2021

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The post Entergy: Hurricane Ida Took Out Eight Critical High-Voltage Transmission Lines appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Moving quickly after devastating winds from Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29 took out eight critical high-voltage lines and blacked out New Orleans, Jefferson, and two other Louisiana parishes, Entergy hashed out two options. One—the “preferred solution”—was to restore some of the critical transmission lines that tie Greater New Orleans to the larger MISO grid, and the second was to create an “island” that would temporarily isolate the Greater New Orleans region from MISO.

Entergy ultimately went with a pairing of the two. As restoration crews set out to repair transmission structures, Entergy established a temporary “standalone grid” powered mainly by the 128-MW New Orleans Power Station in Eastern New Orleans and Ninemile 6 in Westwego. As the company noted, the May 2020-commissioned New Orleans Power Station—a reciprocating engine plant—was designed to assist with storm restoration, given its self-start capability and ability to ramp-up to full capacity in a few minutes.…

FERC-NARUC Task Force Will Tackle Transmission Issues

June 20, 2021

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The post FERC-NARUC Task Force Will Tackle Transmission Issues appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Two groups concerned with issues regarding the regulation and production of U.S. electricity have announced formation of a joint federal-state task force on power transmission, an effort to better identify the costs and benefits associated with electric power projects, and support the buildout of renewable energy resources.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of energy, and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on June 17 said the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission “will explore transmission-related issues to identify and realize the benefits that transmission can provide, while ensuring that the costs are allocated efficiently and fairly””

The initiative, established by a FERC order on Thursday, said the groups would work together on “efficient development of new transmission infrastructure,” which is seen as “essential as the nation continues to transition to clean energy resources.”

“It is increasingly clear that interstate transmission will play a critical role in the transition to the clean energy future,” said FERC Chair Richard Glick in a Twitter post announcing the task force.…