Summary

This position is located in the Transmission EIM Settlements (TSRE) organization in Commercial System Management group (TSR), Transmission Marketing and Sales (TS), Transmission Services (T),

A successful candidate in the Public Utilities Specialist position will serve as a Settlements Analyst performing work to validate settlement values and construct shadow settlements, including managing disputes with either the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) or with BPA customers.

Duties

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As a Public Utilities Specialist (Settlement Analyst), you will:

• Review message logs and job scheduling tasks to ensure daily CAISO data load is successful.
• Work with scheduling, billing and after-the-fact groups to gather correct data for CAISO related transactional activity and BPA Transfer Service.
• Validate settlement statements, invoices and bid-cost recovery payments, including over/under scheduling penalties and other charge codes that may be allocated to BPA Transmission customers.
• Gather and research all relevant data to validate and verify CAISO and BPA Transfer Service discrepancies.
• Communicate with customers and the CAISO to explain and resolve any dispute related issues or allocation related questions specific to settlements.
• Participate in cross-departmental efforts to resolve software issues. The settlements software is a downstream system, reliant on data from many other departments (e.g., Bid/Base Schedule data, Real Time Operations data, etc.).
• Conduct analyses of settlement data and prepares ad hoc reports upon request.

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Conditions of employment

In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.

When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.

Key Requirements:

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.
• This position has been designated as requiring a PUBLIC TRUST background. A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work. Current Federal employees or other individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check.

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level [GS-11] in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: 1) Validating and analyzing imbalance market settlement transactions and calculations in the electric power industry or other utility organizations, and 2) Performing quantitative analysis and research to determine the cause of discrepancies.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.

Additional information

• This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE

Benefits

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