Manager, FERC/CAISO Policy

Requisition ID # 159955 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Energy Policy and Procurement (EPP) organization procures energy-related products and leads PG&E’s policy activities for energy proceedings, actively participating in regulatory and legislative proceedings that shape the design and implementation of state, regional, and federal energy regulations, and policy. In addition, EPP is responsible for long-term planning, risk management, and compliance functions related to PG&E’s energy portfolio.

 All employees are responsible for performing their jobs in accordance with PG&E's vision and values and for conducting sales/procurement in accordance with PG&E's Risk Management Policy.

Position Summary

Primarily responsible for 1) shaping market design to minimize costs to PG&E’s customers, 2) monitoring relevant power, fuel and allowance markets for efficient performance, 3) producing analysis to facilitate good commercial decisions, and 4) promoting market understanding.

This role is responsible for (1) developing market design strategies, policies and rules to minimize costs and risks to PG&E customers and reflect a consensus view of Energy Procurement and PG&E stakeholders; (2) advocating PG&E’s positions in wholesale market forums that influence the outcome of CPUC, CAISO and FERC market initiatives; (3) promoting well-functioning and competitive markets that provide benefits to PG&E’s customers and/or protect the interests of PG&E’s customers and shareholders; and (4) ensuring that CAISO market design initiatives have clear benefits for our customers relative to implementation costs.

In addition, supporting evolving market issues that span multiple departments to facilitate cross-organization dialogue and solutions. A key responsibility is serving as the central coordinator for STES, Renewable Energy, Portfolio Management and EMCS in the development of the processes and systems needed. Additional responsibility includes disseminating knowledge and understanding of the wholesale electric and other relevant market, to PG&E staff and management, enabling other departments to better achieve their objectives and promote integration among different organizations.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland, CA. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

 A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area : $136,000.00

Bay Area : $232,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Supervises multiple analysts, principals or supervisor-led teams within Market Design and Monitoring.
• Develops and implements strategies for team efforts, tasks, or goals.
• Delegates authority and responsibility to supervisors and principals.
• Presents proposals or outcomes to Officers, Sr. Directors and Directors in support of market design strategies policy planning, regulatory filings and other major decisions.
• Develops and implements policies, procedures, guidelines and standards to promote best practices.
• Supports senior management in strategic planning and decision-making.
• Leads market design initiatives, market analyses and/or policy development from start to finish, including management and regulatory approval.
• Demonstrates extensive subject matter expertise regarding the anticipation and resolution of complex issues that sometimes involve senior management and limited information.
• Possesses an in-depth understanding of areas such as quantitative analysis, electrical systems operations, law and regulatory relations, rate-making, etc. and applies such understanding as a lead in one or more of those areas.

Qualifications

:

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field, mathematics, engineering, environmental policy or equivalent field of study
• Job related experience, 6 years

Desired:

• Masters’ or PhD Degree
• Knowledge of wholesale energy markets, power/gas products (e.g., RA, Energy, GHG, CRR, LCFS), energy procurement contracts, energy trading, and regulations
• Advanced knowledge of power markets, FERC and CPUC regulation, gas markets, PG&E’s portfolio, PG&E’s supply strategy, risk management, and problem solving
• Advanced knowledge of quantitative analysis techniques and software.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of the various components of market design, market operations, and market results
• Knowledge of electric system operations and resource planning
• Ability to prioritize, plan, perform and communicate
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Ability to motivate and supervise a group of individual contributors

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