ENERGY JOBS UPDATE APRIL 4 2019

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�Generation Process and Control Management Analyst I, II or III (IRC28594)Location: Westminster, CO Tri-State Generation and Trans-mission Association is a wholesale electric power supplier owned by the 43 electric cooperatives that it serves. Tri-State generates and transmits electricity to its member systems throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Serving approximate-ly 1.5 million consumers, Tri-State was founded in 1952 by its member systems to provide a reliable, cost-based supply of electricity. Head-quartered in Westminster, Colo., nearly 1,500 people are employed by Tri-State throughout its four-state service area.

Tri-State's power is generated through a combination of owned baseload and peaking power plants that use coal and natural gas as their primary fuels, supplemented by pur-chased power, federal hydroelectric-ity allocations and renewable re-source technologies. Tri-State deliv-ers power to its members through a transmission system that includes substation facilities, telecommunica-

tions sites and over 5000 miles of high voltage transmission lines.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONResponsible for providing sup-port, analyses, tools and sys-tems necessary to effectively and proactively manage, moni-tor, maintain, report, and de-velop controls for Generation Assets capital financial data across the entire projects port-folio for the Generation Fleet, Yampa participants, and Secu-rities and Exchange Commis-sion (SEC) Responsible for coordination of business pro-cesses related to Generation Assets' financial management for Capital and Operations and Maintenance (O&M), work order management, project scheduling and other project controls functions. Provide support to Senior Manager, Generation Assets and other department managers and staff on tracking, managing, report-ing and change control for project costs and schedules. Serve as budgetary liaison be-tween the various Generation departments and others. Pro-vide training to all Generation Assets personnel for capital and O&M processes, projects controls and reporting, as well as develop training modules to

all Generation Departments. Direct, support, and provide guidance for Combustion Tur-bine (CT) management pro-cesses and programs.

NOTE: There is one position available and this position will be filled at either the Genera-tion Process and Control Man-agement Analyst I (NB17), Generation Process and Control Management Analyst II (NB19) or Generation Process and Con-trol Management Analyst III (NB21). This decision will be based on the qualifications and experience of the selected can-didate and Tri-State business needs at the time of hire.  ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, review, up-date, and maintain a listof applicable SEC Con-trols as they pertain toGeneration Assets,maintain SEC processdocumentation and re-quired information forcapital projects life cy-cle, and support internaland external auditingrequirements.

• Create and maintainWork Orders for Gener-ation. Develop, analyze,

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implement and support all Capital Project Management Systems, and manage the Work Management Applica-tion for Capital Projects from creation to completion.

• Responsible for all facets ofthe Generation Capital bud-get including, but not limitedto: developing, analyzing,forecasting and tracking cashflows and developing andmaintaining required report-ing; coordinating and main-taining Hyperion Capital Es-timate Database; inputtingCapital Budget estimates asprovided by Laramie RiverStation (LRS) andSpringerville (SGS) and ad-justing cash flows andmonthly costs as needed;tracking Yampa ProjectBoard Approved CapitalBudgets; and providing sup-port to Financial Planningand Analytics (FP&A) de-partment with all inquiries.

• Develop project cost esti-mates, and create, maintainand implement associatedestimating tools, includingutilizing appropriate soft-ware applications and creat-ing reports for ProductionAsset projects.

• Coordinate budget processwith all appropriate man-agers across the Generationfleet.

• Prepare and submit requiredreports and create other re-ports and provide analysis as

requested.

• Provide direction toAccounting Departmentfor any issues related topayments, invoicing,and administration ofCapital Projects andmanage monthly costsfor Capital project ac-tivities for LRS andSGS, providing appro-priate Work Order in-formation to Account-ing.

• Initiate and monitorappropriate cost ac-counting, invoicing andclose-out of Projectsincluding PropertyRecords Units (PRU's)and retirements.

• Evaluate, create andmaintain the QuarterlyCapital Variance Re-ports and maintainrecords for SEC com-pliance.

• Plan, develop, and pro-vide training for Gener-ation Capital projectsand Generation AssetsO&M end users, andCT group, for Hyperi-on, Asset Suite, OBIEEand other essential fi-nancial software pro-grams and tools. De-velop, document andmaintain procedures foruse of databases, toolsand reports to facilitatedissemination and useof accurate, qualitycontrolled Generation

data.

• Provide administrationand oversight for Com-bined Cycle and SimpleCycle Inventory. Over-see cycle count activi-ties. Perform requiredadjustments and trackobsolete inventory forauditing. Perform asrequested analysis onusage statistics.

• Manage cycle countprocess including, gen-erating cycle count listsfor CTs and JM Shafer;performing Annual Cy-cle Count Audit for100% compliance at allGeneration Facilities aswell as ColoWyo andNew Horizon Mines;documenting discrepan-cies and work with fa-cility personnel to doc-ument mitigation plans;perform quarterly CycleCount Audits for costand quantity adjust-ments; and maintain allrequired SEC documen-tation.

• Participate in teams in-volved with document-ing, standardizing andsharing improvementsacross the Tri-State or-ganization.

• Facilitate use of indi-vidual and groupprocess improvementand problem solvingmethodologies utilizingquality improvement

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tools, i.e., graphs, cause and effect diagrams, control charts, flow charts, and other data analysis techniques.

• Review current Generationprocesses and recommendany modifications.

• Attend seminars and confer-ences related to the electricutility industry to keepabreast of new ideas in workmanagement systems andnew technologies.

• Support the development ofproject contracts or agree-ments and assure complianceto the terms and conditionsthrough the construction,implementation and capital-ization of projects.

• Adhere to and demonstratecompliance with appropriateelectric utility industry regu-latory requirements. Attainknowledge and remainknowledgeable of develop-ment in regulations, laws,standards and best practicesapplicable to the functionalarea including, but not limit-ed to, Standards of Conduct,Environmental, EmploymentLaw, NERC ReliabilityStandards and Safety. Mustbe familiar with, and complywith, all aspects of CorporatePolicy C-54, Compliance.

• Demonstrate behavior con-sistent with Tri-Statefs cul-ture embodied in the Coop-erative principles and spiritand core values of technicalcompetency, respect and

dignity, accountability, integrity, trustworthi-ness, and servant lead-ership to empower or otherwise enable others to optimally perform their job responsibili-ties. Demonstrate and promote ethics and be-haviors consistent with Tri-State's culture, Board policies, and business practices. Un-derstand and fulfill the role and responsibility for all compliance pro-grams within the com-pany.

• Because Tri-State is anelectric utility with con-tinuous service obliga-tions to its customers,regular, reliable, andpredictable perfor-mance of the essentialfunctions and responsi-bilities is an essentialfunction of the job.

• Because Tri-State hasan obligation to providecontinuous, reliableelectric service to itscustomers, the ability towork overtime at anytime of the day or weekis considered an essen-tial function of the job.

OTHER DUTIES/RESPON-SIBILITIESPerform other related duties as assigned

SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES

• Leadership: Ability toidentify functional areabusiness needs and es-tablish goals and objec-tives to ensure align-ment with enterprisegoals.

• Problem analysis andproblem resolution atboth strategic and func-tional levels. Strong or-ganizational skills withthe ability to find com-monality and removeduplication betweendata systems. Ability tosynthesize informationand cross-functionalprojects in order to pro-duce consistent andsimple reports to meetorganizational needs

• Planning and TimeManagement: Abilityto think ahead and planupcoming initiatives,ability to prioritizeworkload, developschedules and meet orkeep track of deadlines;ability to make clear,consistent, and timelydecisions.

• Self-Starter: Ability towork independently andfollow through in ahighly productive, valuedriven organization.

• Business risks: Abilityto weigh business risksand ensure compliancewith appropriate infor-mation security mea-

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sures.

• Analytical and strategicthinking skills to developoptions and alternative ap-proaches to resolve issues.Strong problem-solving andcritical thinking skills withdeep attention to detail andthe ability to identify, ana-lyze, and resolve problems,driving solutions through tocompletion.

• Ability to conduct quantita-tive and qualitative researchand analysis to support deci-sion making. Excellent tech-nical writing and reportingskills.

• Strong Team Player: Abili-ty to work in partnershipwith other teams and func-tional areas. Ability to articu-late complex information toa broad audience and main-tain a high level of in-terdisciplinary cooperationand collaboration.

• Ability to develop conclu-sions and recommendationsin support of new policies orpolicy modifications. Exten-sive judgment and discretionis required to interpret andapply guidelines consistingof company and project ob-jectives, policies and prac-tices, government regula-tions and administrativepractices.

• Demonstrate behavior con-sistent with company values.

• Strategic vision andleadership: Employeerequires the ability todevelop innovative andcreative solutions tocomplex problems thatarise and guide thestrategic direction ofthe business needs.

REQUIRED JOB QUALI-FICATIONSEducation, Training, Certifi-cations and Licenses

• Bachelor's degree inEconomics, Finance,Engineering, Account-ing, Business Analytics,Data Science, Mathe-matics, Project Man-agement or a relateddiscipline; or an equiv-alent combination ofexperience and/or edu-cationKnowledge, Skills, andAbility:

• Strong knowledge ofABB/Ventyx AssetSuite, or similar workmanagement systemsoftwares.

• Strong Proficiency inbudgeting applicationssuch as Hyperion, us-age of Excel add-inSmartView.

• Working knowledge ofOracle and BusinessIntelligence ElectronicEdition (OBIEE).

• Ability to evaluate, de-velop, implement and

audit process workflows and continuous process improvement initiatives across the organization in an unbiased way with a larger global-good perspective.

• Knowledge of plant ac-counting and finance;capital and O&M bud-geting processes.

• Strong analytical, quan-titative and economicevaluation skills.

• Ability to interpret op-erational data and con-vert data as needed.

• Ability to effectivelyproduce training anddevelopment docu-ments, training materi-als and reports.

• Knowledge of trainingand development bestpractices, including de-livery methods andlearning strategies.

• Working knowledge ofRUS regulations, FERCchart of Accounts,FASB, and GAAP

• Knowledge of account-ing, auditing and bud-geting principles andpractices.

• Working knowledge ofpersonal computer us-age, computer peripher-als, and application ofspreadsheet, database,

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presentation, MS Office Suite and project manage-ment software.

• Written, verbal, and interper-sonal communication skillsat the level required to suc-cessfully perform the essen-tial responsibilities of theposition.

• Ability to understand guide-lines for plant operation andmaintenance activities, pro-cedures and technical manu-als within the guidelinesconsistent with corporatepolicies, programs and pro-cedures and government re-quirements.Experience:

• Five (5) to eight (8) years ofrelated progressive experi-ence, preferably with electricutility experience.

• Other:  Willingness to travelas required, includingovernight travel.

DESIRED JOB QUALIFICA-TIONS

• Experience looking forward,interpreting information forpredictive analytics uponwhich the generation organi-zation may base businessdecisions.The above requirements de-scribe the experience andeducation qualifications forthe Generation Process andControl Management Ana-lyst III. Those with less ex-perience will be hired at the

Level I or II.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS: The physical demands and work environ-ment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an em-ployee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accom-modations may be made to en-able individuals with disabili-ties to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands:While performing theduties of this position,the incumbent is re-quired to sit for longperiods of time and oc-casionally stand, walk,stoop, bend, reachabove and belowshoulder level andpush/pull objects ofvarying weights, andlift up to twenty-fivepounds. Incumbent isfrequently required touse hands and fingers tohandle, or feel objects,tools, or controls, talkand hear.

• Mental demands: Whileperforming the dutiesof this job, the incum-bent is required to read,write, perform basicmath, analyze data andreports, exercise judg-ment, develop plans,procedures and goals,and present informationto others and work un-

der pressure.

• Work Environment:While performing theduties of this position,the incumbent is ex-posed to a moderatelevel of noise. All of theduties are performedindoors and at a desk,operating office equip-ment.

HOW TO APPLYGo to www.tristategt.org/ and click on the 'Careers' Link. Search for Job and click 'Apply Now' Icon. You will be required to register in order to apply.

Tri-State: Join the people be-hind the power. Tri-State rec-ognizes the value of a highly-engaged and committed work-force and provides an excellent benefits program that includes medical, dental, retirement and life insurance. Please visit our careers site at www.tris-tategt.org/careers/for more de-tails.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Vet-eran

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�SaltHill Group is searching for quali-fied candidates to fill several open posi-tions with our clients including global energy companies, oil & gas majors, hedge funds, I-Banks, IPPs, proprietary trading firms, utilities, retail energy providers, and market research firms.  We work with companies nationwide.  Sample open positions include:

• FTR/CRR Traders, Posi-tion #1

• PJM FTR Trader, Position#2

• Director – CongestionTrading Analytics, Posi-tion #3

• Virtuals Trader (CaISO,MISO or PJM), Position #4

• PJM Fundamentals Man-ager, Position #5

• Transmission Trading An-alyst, Position #6

• FTR Quant Trading Strate-gist, Position #7

• Data Scientist (NaturalLanguage Processing),

Position #8

• Structured Finance,Position #9

• Director – Govern-ment Affairs, Position#10

Position #1: FTR/CRR Traders – CaISO, ERCOT, MISO, NY, NE, Ontario, PJM or SPP FocusPosition trades in monthly, quarterly and annual auctions. Required: advanced degree (PhD or Master’s required, power engineering preferred), strong fundamental market knowledge, strong modeling and programming skills (power system economics, power flow and dispatch models), and pri-or profitable trading record trading FTRs/CRRs in a hedg-ing or speculative trading envi-ronment.

Position #2: PJM FTR TraderAn energy trading firm is searching for an experienced PJM FTR to help start an FTR Trading Desk. The team will consist of a trader, transmis-sion analyst, quantitative pro-fessional and software engi-neer. The PJM FTR team will

be constructing an FTR portfo-lio to leverage congestion risk with trades rooted in the fun-damentals (deep understand-ing around power system eco-nomics and power flow drivers). The PJM FTR Trader will also be involved in future initiatives to expand into new ISO markets. Required: Mas-ters or PhD degree (ideally in Electrical Engineering with a power systems focus); 2+ years of profitable trading PJM FTRs at a power trading firm, utility, or IPP; expert knowl-edge in the market rules of the PJM region; power fundamen-tal modeling skills; experience using a production modeling tools, PowerWorld and the abil-ity to work with large data sets. Advanced technology skills desired for data mining pur-poses and building trading tools.

Position #3: Director – Con-gestion Trading AnalyticsPosition will identify congestion opportunities for a proprietary/speculative power trading team using fundamental analysis and market knowledge. Re-sponsibilities include building and running optimal power flow models; extracting and analyz-ing market data; understanding energy market rules, system planning and expansion stud-ies, and power system opera-tions in ERCOT, SPP, MISO and PJM; and collaborating with traders and other internal stakeholders. Required: Mas-ter’s degree in Electrical Engi-neering (required) or PhD (pre-ferred); 5+ years' experience in transmission planning (re-quired) in one or more ISO (ERCOT or SPP is strongly preferred but other ISOs will be considered); experience with congestion trading markets (FTRs/TCRs/CRRs) is strongly preferred; excellent MS Ac-

For information on these open positions, please contact chynes@salthillgroup.com by e-mail and visit our website www.salthillgroup.com/candidates/opportunities/.

SaltHill Group191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300Chicago, Illinois 60606chynes@salthillgroup.com Phone 312-422-1392

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cess, MS Excel, and Visual Basic skills (required); knowledge of sta-tistics strongly desired; excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Position #4: Virtuals Trader (CaISO, MISO or PJM)Position is responsible for develop-ing the CaISO, MISO or PJM Virtu-als trade seat (conceptualizing, de-veloping, and back-testing the trade strategies, trade execution and risk management of the book). Re-quired: bachelor’s degree; experi-ence with the market fundamentals of CaISO, MISO or PJM; strong modeling skills; and a historical PnL track record of $1M trading CaISO, MISO or PJM Virtuals.

Position #5: PJM FundamentalsManagerPosition develops and identifies fundamental drivers for the PJM power market that are used by traders (commercial decision-mak-ing and trade ideas) and corporate (strategy, capital projects, M&A). Responsibilities include preparing fundamental research and building supply and demand models (day-ahead out 5 years); tracking market rule changes, infrastructure changes and near-term demand and fuel prices; providing a forward view on generation, transmission, load and impact to power prices and heat rates; providing short-term power price forecasts and market drivers; developing stack models; identifying market inefficiencies, price opportunities and strategies for the traders; undertaking capacity market fundamentals to support bidding activity; and developing trader tools. Required: bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (ad-vanced degree is a plus); 5+ years’ professional experience with the North American power markets in a power trading commercial environ-ment; experience analyzing the

Cash and Term power mar-kets; strong modeling/pro-gramming skills; an under-standing of North American power supply/demand and in-frastructure fundamentals; proven ability to build analyti-cal trading tools; and ability to think commercially with strong communication skills. The candidate must have market knowledge in PJM; and expe-rience with PSO, PROMOD, Aurora, GE-MAPS, or similar.

Position #6: TransmissionTrading AnalystPosition provides analytical support for the nodal and ICE/OTC power traders across all the US ISOs. Responsibilities include running production cost models / power flow mod-els; providing transmission and congestion research; forecast-ing nodal power prices; and identifying trade strategies for the FTR / CRR auctions. Re-quired: Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering (power systems focus) with 1-5 years’ experience in transmission planning, power engineering or congestion analysis at a utility, IPP, power trading firm, power research firm or ISO; expert knowledge in the market rules of one or more of the following regions (PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, MISO, CaISO, ERCOT or SPP) with a strong preference for PJM or ERCOT experi-ence; power fundamental modeling skills; and experi-ence using UPLAN, Power-World, Dayzer, PROMOD or PSSE. Advanced technology skills desired for data mining purposes and building trading tools.

Position #7: FTR Quant Trad-ing StrategistPosition uses financial engi-neering techniques with exist-ing fundamental analytics to drive trading strategy and commercial decisions for a power/FTR trading team. The team trades in the nodal and ICE/OTC power markets across PJM, MISO, ERCOT and SPP.  Responsibilities are to identify trade signals in the fundamental and historical power data (price patterns, generation, congestion, load) using statistical analysis (time series, regression and machine learning techniques) and port-folio construction and optimiza-tion skills. Required: an ad-vanced degree (Masters or PhD) in a quantitative field (financial engineering, math, statistics, etc.); and 2+ years of front-office quantitative experi-ence in a trading environment (financial or energy markets) with a focus on working with Big Data and trading signal generation.

Position #8: Data Scientist(Natural Language Process-ing)Position will build Natural Lan-guage Processing (NLP) capa-bilities to analyze unstructured data sets which can be de-ployed globally as tools to all trading desks. These capabili-ties will be used to identify trade signals and drive trading strategy and commercial deci-sions. Key responsibilities in-clude developing, testing and implementing new tools to be used by the trading team; ex-tracting, analyzing and manag-ing Big Data from multiple in-ternal and external sources;

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optimizing large data sets into meaningful data; applying rigorous machine learning, statistical analy-sis, regression and optimization techniques to data for purposes of identifying signals and predictive patterns; evaluating and testing trading strategies; communicating analytical and modeling results through easy to understand visual-ization platforms; and researching and evaluating new technologies/tools associated with Big Data. Re-quired: a PhD in a quantitative field (math, physics, computer science, engineering or statistics) with strong academic performance (3.8 GPA or higher); 1+ years' industry experi-ence specialized in Natural Lan-guage Processing (NLP); excellent programming skills (C#, R, Python preferred); ability to write and opti-mize database queries to extract and analyze large data sets; strong understanding of statistics, machine learning, regression models and optimization techniques; and strong communication skills.

Position #9: Structured FinancePosition will provide financial analy-sis for power plant purchases, di-vestitures and joint venture activi-ties.  Key responsibilities include deal modeling and coordination, negotiations, and vetting of deals on strategic levels with the executive team and other key stakeholders.  Educational and professional re-quirements include a bachelor’s de-gree in Finance or related field; 10+ years' experience working with M&A for power or renewables at a private equity firm or investment bank, or FP&A focused on deals and strategy for power or renew-ables.

Position #10: Director – Govern-ment AffairsPosition communicates and advo-cates with government agencies,

public commissions and other external stakeholders with re-gards to energy policies that impact the business. Position will cover multiple states (ap-proximately 25 states) and will work closely with traders, orig-inators and regulatory experts. Responsibilities in-clude: tracking legislative ac-tivity within each state; collab-orating with internal stake-holders to develop and imple-ment advocacy strategies; building strong relationships with external government stakeholders, trade associa-tions and public commissions to communicate policy issues; preparing reports and presen-tations for company leader-ship, and serving as a public spokesperson on key issues; and actively participate in trade associations, advocacy groups and communities. Re-quired: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Government or Pub-lic Affairs, or related field; 7+ years' experience in govern-ment affairs, campaign or is-sues management, strategic communications, energy or project management; strong knowledge/experience with power markets and/or com-modity trading; significant con-tacts within government, busi-ness and community leaders; knowledge of state and federal legislative and regulatory pro-cesses and lobbying regula-tions; and exceptional written and oral communication skills, including strong public presen-tation skills. Position will re-quire frequent travel within the United States.

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Western Region Vice President, Sales Location – California or Houston

Client Overview: Client is a US retail energy supplier that assist businesses how to successfully manage their energy consumption, costs and risk management in deregulated energy markets. They provide large C&I customers with, energy risk management, market intelligence, de-mand management, en-rollments/scheduling ser-vices, settlements and billing. Client is a publicly traded company with rev-enues of $7+ billion.

Primary Functions: Re-porting to the Vice Presi-dent, Sales, the RVP, Sales will lead energy commodi-ty and risk management solution sales efforts across all markets, seg-ments and channels to

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clients within the Western Re-gion.

Responsibilities: • Lead a high-profile sales

team responsible forgenerating gross margin.

• Recruit, hire, coach,train and supervise em-ployees.

• Work with regulatoryaffairs to push for thefurther expansion ofWestern markets.

• Stay current on marketand regulatory eventswithin the region.

• Develop new distribu-tion channels as oppor-tunities arise that cangenerate net growth.

 Experience:

• 10+ years of sales andmarketing working inderegulated energycommodity markets.

• 5+ years of managerial /leadership experiencewith sales teams.

 Skills/Knowledge/Abili-ties:

• Polished and provenleadership skills.

• Ability to profes-sionally present tointernal and externalaudiences includingsenior managers.

• Knowledge ofFASB hedge ac-counting treatments.

• Knowledge of riskvaluation method-ology is preferred.

• Knowledge and ex-perience in transac-tions that involverenewable energysources.

***All offers of employ-ment will be contingent on a clear background check and drug screen***

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Client Services Manager CAISO Market Region SUMMARY The Client Services Manager (CSM) reports to the Chief Client Officer. This position is primarily responsible for manag-ing the relationship between The Energy Authority (TEA) and its clients, as well as providing in-ternal leadership for service de-ployment and capabilities in business development. The CSM serves as liaison between TEA’s service lines and its clients. The CSM is responsible for ensuring client satisfaction, providing quality assurance on deliverables to clients, and providing feed-back internally to ensure ongoing improvement. The CSM will support the Chief Client Officer in business development activi-ties, which may include: creating regional marketing plans; identi-fying new prospects for business development, both within TEA’s existing client base and with new clients; leading business devel-opment efforts; and collecting/disseminating market intelli-gence. This position is responsible for a wide range of duties and tasks associated with helping design, develop and implement TEA’s services to existing and prospec-tive clients in the CAISO market. The CSM may also provide sub-ject matter expertise in the capac-ity of Product Owner relating to the design, development and im-plementation of day-ahead and real-time market services for TEA’s CAISO operations, includ-

If you are interested, contact Scott Brownholtz @ 916.649.3200 – scott@brownholtz.com.

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ing market interactions, market moni-toring, and reporting requirements for internal and client consumption. This individual may also assist with settle-ment and regulatory compliance, as well as assist with business develop-ment activities which may include creating marketing plans, identifying and contacting new prospects for business development and collecting/disseminating market intelligence. Ideal candidate will reside in the CAISO market region.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills:

• Deep understanding of CAISOmarket

• Experience trading in Conges-tion Revenue Right and Re-source Adequacy markets

• Experience in energy resourceprocurement and power pur-chase contract negotiation

• Knowledge of registration andregulatory requirements inCAISO

• Understanding of CAISO set-tlement charge types and pro-cesses

• Experience working with pub-lic power entities and Com-munity Choice Aggregations(CCAs)

• Strong interpersonal skills andexperience communicatingcomplex concepts to cowork-ers, clients, and prospects

• Strong attention and focus ondetail as well as business pro-cesses

The following additional skills/experience are desired:

• Understanding of CCAbusiness model and un-derstanding of the chal-lenges facing new CCAs

• Familiarity with WECCregion Energy ImbalanceMarket initiatives

• Understanding of west-ern power markets andrelationship to CAISO

• Project management ex-perience

• Understanding of re-gional RPS and carbonmarkets

• Relationships with pub-lic power, the CCAcommunity and keyCAISO market partici-pants

• Knowledge of CAISOtransmission grid

• Experience in structuringand pricing power pur-chase agreements withan emphasis on renew-able generating assetsand Resource AdequacyCapacity

• Financial and accountingexperience

• Experience managinghydro generation prefer-ably in California

• Thermal and renewableasset management

• Business development/origination experience

 SUPERVISORY RESPONSI-BILITIES This position involves ongoing Project Management responsibil-ities

QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION and/or EXPE-RIENCE

• Minimum of five years ofCAISO related tradingexperience preferred

• Bachelor's degree from afour-year accredited col-lege or university is re-quired; major in a techni-cal or business-relateddiscipline highly desired;MBA or other advanceddegree is a plus

• Experience with RTOshighly desired; experi-ence trading financialenergy products is a plus

• Strong technical skillswith Microsoft OfficeProducts (especially Ex-cel); and programmingskills in Visual Basic arehighly desired

 COMPETENCIES RE-QUIRED The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies:

• Adaptability: ability toaccept change readily,both in job responsibili-ties as well as in the workenvironment

• Achievement: ability tofocus on results and a

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commitment to continuous learning: Setting high goals, striving to improve perfor-mance and maintaining a level of excellence, and taking chances and trying new ap-proaches to accomplish a task

• Communication: ability andwillingness to communicateopenly and honestly with oth-ers

• Conceptual Thinking: ability to reach innovative solutionsby taking a holistic, abstract,or theoretical perspective

• Systems & Technology Use:ability to use tools and re-sources that are available, tominimize time spent on ad-ministrative tasks

• Leadership: ability to be mo-tivate, influence, and supportothers to accomplish team and organizational goals

• Financial Analysis: ability to acquire and translate complex information into actionableresults

VALUES REQUIRED: The ideal candidate will possess the following values:

• Ownership

• Client focus

• Excellence

• Integrity

• Teamwork

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS NERC Operator certification is a plus.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABIL-ITIES Ability to utilize and/or develop packaged and in-house devel-oped software tools and systems such as: Microsoft Office soft-ware and Internet access. Expe-rience with production cost modeling is beneficial. Knowl-edge of Qlikview, Velocity Suite, CXL, OATI, RTO Market Portal Web-based systems, and OASIS Transmission Web-based system. Participation in testing of new systems and assistance in devel-oping and/or revising IT tools.

Candidate will be a self-starter with the ability to work effec-tively without direct supervision in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment with time dead-lines. Position involves extensive spreadsheet and database com-puter skills. Strong problem solving, analytical and conflict resolution skills are a must. Can-didate will be able to effectively interact across all levels of the trading organization.

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Sempra NA InfrastructureReal-Time MarketerSan Diego CAReq. 19-40572

Primary Purpose:Under general supervision, conducts and schedules market energy transac-tions in real-time to optimize prof-itability of Sempra Gas & Power Marketing, LLC (SGPM) genera-tion portfolio or proprietary trading books in various markets. Monitors power plant operations and market conditions and responds to contin-gencies. Monitors and schedules nat-ural gas on various pipeline systems throughout North America.

Duties and Responsibilities:• Executes real-time transac-

tions (via ISOs, bulletinboards, electronic ex-changes, telephone, brokers,etc.) for physical and finan-cial hourly and daily energyproducts.

• Works as part of a team tomanage and optimize gener-ation portfolio based on unitcommitment plans, riskmanagement principles, andfactors not included in themodeling (e.g., changes inprice, market depth, plantavailability, weather, etc.) ona real time basis.

• Develops quantitative mod-els to price short term elec-tricity products and forecastfundamentals of supply anddemand

• Manages large amounts ofdata and performs generalquantitative and/or econo-metric analyses to identify

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commercial opportunities

• Develops solutions to increaseefficiency of team operations

• Supports the day ahead electricitytrading/scheduling function asneeded.

• Manages the gas trading/sched-uling functions on various pipe-lines during nights/weekends.

• Monitors real-time schedule ad-justments and coordinates withmarket participants to account fordeviations.

• Responsible for operating the realtime desk in a manner that ensurescompliance with all appropriateNERC reliability standards andSempra Infrastructure procedures.

• Participates in Sempra In-frastructure's compliance program

• Work a rotating shift schedule tocover 24x7 operations.

• Performs other duties as assigned(no more than 5% of duties).

QUALIFICATIONSEducationBachelor's Degree in Engineering, Eco-nomics, Accounting, Finance, Business, Mathematics, or Computer Science

Experience3+ years experience in the electric power industry, including experience in energy transactions, scheduling, transmission oper-ations, gas scheduling or equivalent train-ing and/or experience

Skills and Abilities: • Knowledge of economic, financial,

and physical principles governing

energy transactions. Knowl-edge of power plant operat-ing characteristics and con-straints.

• Knowledge of credit mattersand risk management prin-ciples.

• Ability and willingness towork rotating 12 hour shiftsto achieve 24 hour deskcoverage. Able to work on acall out basis and cover ad-ditional shifts during co-worker absences.

• General knowledge of ener-gy markets, including mar-ket principles, trends, be-haviors, counterparties,electric transmission grids,natural gas pipelines, trans-action practices, schedulingprocedures, and other opera-tional requirements.

• Good understanding and useof optimization models,scheduling interfaces, con-trol area operator informa-tion systems, databases,spreadsheets, and othercomputer based systems.

• Refers to policies and prac-tices for guidance.

• Develops solutions to a va-riety of problems of moder-ate scope and complexity.

Full-Time/Part-TimeFull-time

APPLY ONLINE: sempralng.com/careers, Req. 19-40572

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Real-Time Energy Trading ManagerTacoma Public UtilitiesTacoma, WA

Tacoma Power is seeking a Real-Time Energy Trading Manager to oversee the Real-Time Energy Trading, Preschedule and Energy Ac-counting (ATF) functional ar-eas. The Real-Time Energy Trading Manager will provide direction, supervision, support and training of specialized technical professionals. This position requires advanced management principles, super-visory, tactical planning and strategic analytical skills.

This position is responsible for managing the 24/7 operations of real-time energy trading in-cluding shift operations of NERC-certified Real-Time En-ergy Traders (RTET), who per-form specific Balancing Authori-ty tasks and functions; seek real-time opportunities in a marketplace with hourly fluctu-ating prices; and execute inno-vative sales and purchases that maximize the economic value of Tacoma Power's resource portfolio. This includes main-taining the RTET Training Pro-gram, per NERC requirements.

This position is also responsi-

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ble for managing the Preschedule and Energy Accounting functional areas. Preschedule tasks include scheduling, transmission pathing, balancing and tagging. The After-the-Fact (ATF) Energy Accounting tasks and functions include transac-tion reconciliation, billing, and finan-cial reporting. The group is also re-sponsible for financial analysis, budget, regulatory reporting and compliance.

Qualifications: • Minimum of eight years of

increasingly responsible ex-perience in the utility indus-try, including a minimum offive years in a supervisory ormanagement position;

• Bachelor's degree from afour-year accredited collegeor university with degree inengineering, business man-agement, or related disci-pline highly desired. Indus-try experience may be usedin lieu of educational re-quirement;

• Experience with hydro oper-ations, energy markets andtrading;

• CAISO experience highlydesirable.

• Experience in industry regu-latory compliance;

• Experience in energy ac-counting practices and prin-ciples;

• Strong technical andstrategic analyticalskills.

• NERC Balancing andInterchange Operatorcertification requiredwithin six months ofhire.

 Real-Time Knowledge & Skills:

• Exceptional leadershipskills, demonstratingthe ability to motivate,influence, and supportothers to accomplishindividual, team andorganizational goals.

• Management funda-mentals; supervisoryskills, techniques andcompetencies.

• Strong interpersonalskills and experienceusing tact, patience,and courtesy.

• Training skills, tech-niques and competen-cies.

• Strong technical andstrategic analyticalskills.

• Understanding of pow-er system dynamics,situational awareness,basic system operatingprinciples, load balanc-ing, and the bulk elec-

tric system.

• Understanding oftransmission systemoperations and con-straints.

• Understanding of real-time balancing and in-terchange; reservoirmanagement and oper-ating position strate-gies.

• Understanding of West-ern power markets andCAISO.

• Knowledge of NERCand WECC regulatoryrequirements

• Ability to manage multi-ple priorities and meetdeadlines.

• Adaptable and willing toaccept and facilitatechange productively.

• Ability and willingnessto communicate openlyand honestly with oth-ers; proficient and effec-tive in both written andoral communications.

• Impeccable work ethic;high level of integrity

APPLY HERE: https://www.-governmentjobs.com/careers/tacoma

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