Electric NERC Compliance Consultant

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. 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.

About the Role

The Electric NERC Compliance Consultant assists in monitoring the compliance and risk management framework and tools that enable the organization and employees to conduct business in compliance with NERC applicable standards, laws, and regulations. The role supports the Engineering, Asset Management and Planning, and Electric Operations business units and the Enterprise NERC Compliance Office to guide mitigation planning, shape risk-based decisions, align cross-functional partners, and influence policy and regulatory strategy across WECC, FERC, and CAISO. The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s service territory.

Responsibilities

• Leads the team in developing controls and mitigation plans and ensures they are implemented and effective.
• Performs and oversees compliance and control testing, audits (including WECC/FERC), or other validation processes and analyzes risk or compliance metrics.
• May respond to regulatory data requests, investigations, audits, and other inquiries.
• Identifies new or changing requirements or standards and ensures programs and tools are updated accordingly.
• Verifies reports, audits documentation, and validates content in database/risk register.
• Participates in or may lead root cause analysis exercises.
• Supports ongoing mitigation plans filed with the Regional Entity (Western Electric Coordinating Council [WECC]); assists Electric Engineering business units on the development of mitigation plans.
• Identifies opportunities for new internal controls; helps build additional internal controls; assists controls verification team on development and implementation of test plans, incorporating any findings into improvements in NERC compliance.
• Supports investigations into compliance issues with NERC—with a focus on O&P standard family; assists in strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO; provides input into FERC/NERC policy as it pertains to development of new and/or revised NERC Reliability Standards.
• Assists with compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate; supports development of compliance narratives and RSAW documentation.
• Assists with annual gap analysis; identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 2 years of relevant experience
• Desired Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in engineering, economics, business administration, or job-related field
  • Electric engineer with experience in the utility industry to support technical interpretations and implementation of new compliance requirements
  • FERC/NERC utility policy experience or utility operational experience
  • Regulatory, analytical, communications, or public affairs related position
  • Electric industry experience
  • Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to effectively build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
  • Knowledge of technical and professional concepts related to strategy and planning
  • Knowledge of process improvement and driving change
  • Ability to influence and build relationships, especially on cross-functional teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate complex data effectively to a variety of audiences including executives
  • Highly flexible, self-directed, and able to adapt well to a rapidly changing environment
  • Advanced skills in MS Office including Excel and PowerPoint

Pay

A reasonable salary range for this role in the Bay Area is:

• Minimum Base Salary: $90,000.00
• Mid Base Salary: $113,000.00
• Maximum Base Salary: $136,000.00