Associate Generation Operator

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    About the role

    PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability, inclusion, and belonging.

    General Purpose: Continuously maintain Real Power Balance, ensuring compliance with all applicable reliability requirements of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Evaluate current and future day Resource Operations Plan and make data driven decisions to adjust the resource plan to accommodate system requirements, ensuring reliable load service. Evaluate market solutions provided by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) and Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM). Execute the plans within the constraints of real-time system conditions. Validate accuracy of load and variable energy resource (VER) forecasts, and efficiently dispatch system generation resources to balance the electric system and deliver the lowest net power cost solution to stakeholders. Administer day-ahead operational processes supporting EDAM participation, including Resource Sufficiency Evaluation (RSE) activities, market result validation, and communication of operational impacts to affected stakeholders.

    Responsibilities

    • Maintain compliance with NERC/FERC/WECC and Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) requirements.
    • Maintain accurate unit capabilities in the Energy Supply Management System (EMS) and CAISO Market Models.
    • Respond to planned and unplanned generation resource outages and de-rates, documenting outages in OMS and reoptimizing system resources.
    • Reliably and economically balance current system load and resource requirements.
    • Determine available excess energy supply.
    • Determine and communicate required reliability-based energy transactions, to PacifiCorp Energy Transaction Traders.
    • Monitor the economic and reliable dispatch of the Company’s generating assets on an hourly basis.
    • Communicate plant dispatch instructions electronically and via verbal communication with plant operators.
    • Identify internal system failures and implement corrective action.
    • Author and maintain best operating practices and procedures.
    • Maintain and update internal tools and calculations.
    • Maintain professional and effective relationships with generating plant and reliability operations personnel.
    • Administer day-ahead Resource Sufficiency Evaluation (RSE) processes supporting participation in the CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM).
    • Review and validate EIM and EDAM market results, schedules, and operational data to ensure accurate system representation and reliable operations.
    • Identify and resolve operational data and modeling issues affecting EIM and EDAM processes and communicate impacts to appropriate stakeholders.

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Marketing or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • Ability to obtain the NERC Certified System Operator (