Power Settlements Planner / Manager - Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
About the Job
About Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Formed in 2016, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) is a public Community Choice Energy service provider serving approximately 270,000 residential and commercial customer accounts in thirteen Santa Clara County communities. SVCE’s mission is to provide customers with renewable and carbon-free electricity at competitive rates, and further accelerate decarbonization through deployment of innovative local programs. Key program areas include: building electrification, electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, battery storage and demand management programs. Since the organization’s service launch in 2017, SVCE has provided clean to all residential and commercial energy customers in SVCE’s member communities, carbon-free electricity. SVCE has saved its customers more than $90M and dedicated $84M to customer offers, programs and services. SVCE is a joint-powers agency governed by a Board of Directors comprised of an elected official from each of SVCE’s thirteen member communities.
By providing reliable and responsive carbon-free electricity service at competitive rates, SVCE maintains a 96+% customer participation rate and a strong financial foundation. Access to carbon-free electricity has helped our communities take a major step in fighting climate change, reducing local emissions by more than 30% from a 2015 baseline. Yet supplying clean electricity is just the start. It is essential that SVCE continues to proactively engage with our customers and community stakeholders in the electrification journey - helping to inspire, educate, and enable action in transitioning from fossil fuels to clean electricity – in homes, buildings, and transportation.
The SVCE Culture
Achieving SVCE’s ambitious and urgent mission requires a team capable of meeting the tremendous challenges embedded in these goals. SVCE develops and fosters a diverse and talented team that thrives in a dynamic and fast-changing environment. As such, at SVCE we recruit and retain smart, passionate, innovative, and collaborative employees. Company employees contribute, as a team and as individuals, to continuously building and supporting a culture of collaboration and trust. SVCE employees encourage creativity and the free flow of ideas to spur innovation. The workplace environment is adaptable, and technology enabled to drive innovative solutions. SVCE emphasizes focus and prioritization across departments to achieve quality, rather than simply quantity of output. SVCE provides a rewarding workplace experience where productivity can be maintained across a variety of work environments. SVCE provides opportunities for growth, engagement, and support professional and personal development. SVCE offers opportunities that position their people, as well as SVCE, for success.
More information can be found at: www.svcleanenergy.org
About the role
Power Settlements Planner salary range: $151,952.06 - $238,780.90
Power Settlements Manager salary range: $173,984.16 - $256,631.30
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Power Resources, the Power Settlements Planner/Manager (“Planner/Manager”) is responsible, either directly or through subordinate staff, for power data analysis and management, CAISO market analysis, and administering complex settlement and billing processes that contribute to the timely and accurate records of SVCE’s wholesale power portfolio. This position works closely with other members of the Power Resources department to ensure a consistent feedback loop of actual results to inform changes to portfolio planning and market strategy.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
- The Planner reports to the Deputy Director of Power Resources and the position does not include supervisory and/or team leader responsibilities but may supervise outside consultants / contractors as needed.
- The Manager reports to the Deputy Director of Power Resources and includes supervisory and/or team leader responsibilities and may supervise outside consultants / contracts as needed.
Essential Functions
Including, but not limited to:
Power Settlements
- Review and validate complex bilateral settlement and billing arrangements with SVCE’s counterparties for commodity products including, Energy, Resource Adequacy, and Renewable Energy Credits
- Review CAISO settlement statements and invoices for accuracy
- Perform regular analysis of CAISO market outcomes and assess SVCE’s portfolio performance against intended strategy
- Track power supply portfolio performance relative to annual budget
- Provide timely feedback to SVCE’s Front Office staff regarding resource performance and market results
Contract Administration- Assist in the ongoing administration of SVCE’s contracts, including Power Purchase Agreements, EEIs, and WSPP agreements
- Track settlement results against contractual obligationsBusiness Process Optimization
- Contribute to the ongoing management of SVCE’s power supply portfolio data, specifically ensuring that models and reports utilize settlement quality data
Develop methods and process documentation supporting the robust and continued function of power settlements operations
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements that support enterprise risk management controls and segregation of duties between relevant functions
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of:
- Experience with wholesale electric utility markets, specifically the California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
- Experience working with ETRM (Energy Trading Risk Management) software, specifically Adapt2
- Excellent programming and statistical analysis skills, including Python and R, respectively.
- Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, queries (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
- A successful history of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.
- Experience building, optimizing and working with ‘big data’ data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Power BI
- Experience with project management or task tracking software, including Monday.com
Skills:
- Superior project management skills, including managing multiple priorities.
- Self-directed and comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced start-up environment.
- Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication skills, including distilling complex information verbally and in writing in a simple and understandable manner.
- Be a problem solver in approach to new challenges.
Abilities:
- Take on new projects for which there may be limited examples or support.
- To work independently and in a team.
- To build detailed and summary reports for various audiences and stakeholders including executive management, SVCE’s board of directors, and the general public.
Abilities to be considered for a Manager role:
- Work with minimal direction, oversee multiple projects, and carry out tasks at a high level of quality while maintaining ultimate accountability for timely completion.
- Take on new and unique assignments, develop requirements and success criteria, and implement durable solutions.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience and Training Guidelines: Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Education: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in economics, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a related, quantitative field.
Experience: To be considered for a Planner, five (5) to eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience working in power settlements and/or data analysis at an electric utility, cleantech company, software company, or similar organization. To be considered for a Manager role, must possess seven (7) to ten (10) plus years of progressively increasing responsibility supervising or managing staff in an electric utility or power producer setting.
Physical and Working Conditions
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Environment: Work is performed in a typical office setting with exposure to computer screens and at public events (fairs, meeting rooms, farmers’ markets, etc.) with moderate noise and will require some evening and weekend work. The noise level in the work environment is usually typical of an office environment and public events.
Physical: While performing the duties of this class, employees are regularly required to sit, walk, and stand; talk or hear, in person and by telephone; reach with hands and arms. Employees are occasionally required to walk, and stand for prolonged periods; stoop, bend, kneel and twist; and may lift up to twenty pounds. Employees must be able to communicate in person, in writing, and by telephone with Board members, management, co-workers, vendors, consultants, and with the public in face-to-face, one-onone, and group settings.
Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer
screens and printed documents; and operate assigned equipment.
HEARING: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
-----SVCE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER-----
The pay range for this role is:
151,952.06 - 38,780.90 USD per year(Sunnyvale)
173,984.16 - 256,631.30 USD per year(Sunnyvale)
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