Public Utilities Specialist (Rates)
What you'd do
This position is located in the Power Rates (PSR) organization of Northwest Requirements Marketing (PS), Power Services (P), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The purpose of this position is to plan, coordinate, calculate, and performing critical work required to complete BPA's Cost of Service Analysis (COSA), Rate Design, and Resource Stack.
Major duties
About the Position - Portland This position is located in Portland, OR which boasts huge spans of amazing trees, foliage, landscape, and everywhere you look you can appreciate beautiful greenery! It is known as the most bike-friendly city in America, has a train system that greets you at the airport spanning across the city, and is home to the Portland International Rose Garden, the oldest in the country! Portland is the one place where you will find lively festivals, energetic music, mouthwatering food, and for you basketball fans, the Portland Trail Blazers are a 7 minute walk from the HQs building! There is always something new to experience in this eco-friendly town! As a Public Utilities Specialist (Rates), you will: Serve as a technical expert responsible for conceptualizing, planning, coordinating, managing, calculating, executing, and reporting the critical work performed by the technical and analytical teams that support and determine BPA's Cost of Service and related rate directives, as encompassed in BPA's formal hearing process. Participate and lead teams within Power Services, as well as cross-BPA teams, that develop, evaluate, and recommend Cost of Service rate policies, including the 7(b) 2 Rate Test Study pursuant to section 7(b) of the Northwest Power Act, industrial margin studies pursuant to section 7(c) of the Northwest Power Act, allocation of costs pursuant to section 7(f) and 7(g) of the Northwest Power Act to BPA and non-BPA executive level management. Provide technical expertise to cross-BPA teams that perform product and rate design, revenue requirement studies, load and resource forecasts, electric and natural gas price forecasts, residential exchange average system cost determinations pursuant to section 5(c) of the Northwest Power Act, risk mitigation strategies and rate provisions, transfer services, and transmission rate development. Communicate technical or policy issues or concerns with executive level decision-makers, legal, financial and other internal parts of BPA. Serve as an expert witness on rate case panels for clarification and cross-examination of testimony and studies. Lead, coordinate, and participcate on teams to prepare studies, reports, presentations, memoranda, briefing papers, and other written materials for internal policymaking use or for outside publication, including rate case documents, rate analyses, or other rate studies.
What you need to qualify
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Perform, calculate, and execute cost analysis, experience with evaluating resource costs, running power analysis models and serving as a subject matter expert in external stakeholder forums; 2) Lead and participate on cross-BPA teams to develop, negotiate, and recommend enterprise policies and decisions, preparing documents, studies, and briefing papers for internal and external communication. "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 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.
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