Assistant General Manager, Power Management

About the role

The Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Power Management position directs and coordinates the activities of all power management staff on behalf of NCPA members in accordance with, and in compliance with, all Agency agreements and regulatory requirements. The AGM must ensure optimum efficiency, timeliness and economy of member resources, the power pool, various member programs, and administration of NCPA’s contractual relationships with the CAISO, PG&E, Service Contracts, and other regulatory agencies. The AGM performs the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Communicates with NCPA members and implement strategies and plans developed by the Power Management department to support member interests, and that are aligned with the Agency’s strategic plan.
• Responsible for the evaluation, design and implementation of strategies and plans to pursue members’ interests in attaining necessary interconnection and generation resource arrangements.
• Supports NCPA’s interaction with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) representatives in order to advance or defend NCPA's position on Interconnection Agreements, regulatory rate proceedings, regulatory investigations or other related matters.
• Captures and communicates with NCPA members and implement strategies and plans developed by the Power Management department to support member interests, and that are aligned with the Agency’s strategic plan.
• Coordinates and oversees the Agency's participation and communications associated with operations in the CAISO Balance Authority Area, CAISO Market development activity, and regional market activity (ROWE).
• Oversees the purchase and sales of energy, capacity, transmission, ancillary services, environmental attributes or other energy related products, and strives to develop additional net revenue and/or achieve least cost operations for the members. Responsible for ensuring that NCPA is developing and implementing strategies to maximize resource value and limit financial risk and exposure.
• Oversees the management of the dispatch, Scheduling Coordination (SC), and outage coordination functions.
• Oversees the management of the Portfolio and Pool Administration department. Responsible for directing and reviewing operational planning and resource planning for the power pool and NCPA resource owners. Oversees the administration of all power contracts associated with the NCPA-Pool purchases and other separate transactions made by the NCPA-Pool Cities/non-Pool Cities with third parties, including the coordination of the above operations with the NCPA-Pre-Scheduling and Planning staff and other NCPA departments to schedule, account and bill for all power and services provided to the NCPA members and non-member customers.
• Oversees the management of the contracts for power from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and financial budgets and operations related to the underlying Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) hydroelectric facilities.
• Prepares oral and written presentations for the Commission, Utility Directors, NCPA Committees, and/or City Council(s) review and approval.
• Supports the development and maintenance of enabling agreements to be used to transact energy, capacity, and energy related products.
• Supports projects and activities in other departments of the Agency, acting as a representative of the Power Management Division.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in economics, Finance, Computer Science, Business, Mathematics or a related field; and ten (10) years of related experience and/or training, or a combination of education and experience. A master’s degree in a related field is highly desirable.

Skills

NCPA is an equal opportunity employer.