Senior Regulatory Market Affairs Manager
Company: EDP Renewables
Location: Portland
Posted on: January 27, 2023
Job Description:
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Manage EDPR's regulatory risk by protecting the company's
operational assets and development projects across the Western U.S.
in ISO and non-ISO stakeholders processes. Proactively advocate for
EDPR's interests in close coordination with our Transmission,
Market Operations, Regulatory Compliance, and Regional Development
teams.
Main Accountabilities:
- Participate actively at CAISO to preserve and expand our
opportunities in the market
- Help craft consistent rules across jurisdictions in line with
renewable resources' technical capabilities
- Identify and advocate on. Issues of strategic importance to our
commercial interest & renewable operations as well as our
development pipelines
- Develop and manage relationships and negotiate solutions with
stakeholders, ISO/RTO staff, and regulatory commission
staff
- Leverage relationships with other market participants to
advance company positions
- Actively participate in stakeholder meetings to ensure rules
and requirements create stable and effective markets
- Enhance and preserve the asset value of EDPR projects
- Engage our internal legal/engineering/operations/etc. Resources
to prioritize issues and develop positions in PUC regulatory
dockets and ISO tariff revisions
- Participate actively in trade association initiatives related
to ISOs and markets
- Monitor ISO and market rules & requirements and coordinate with
Development, Market Operations, and Asset Management to ensure
compliance with these requirements
- Advise outside legal counsel when retained
- Report to management new issues as they arise
- Additional duties as required
Direct reports: None
Travel: 30 - 50%
Minimum Qualifications:
- Degree in public policy, business administration, engineering,
law, or another similar discipline
- 5 years in the industry with some focus on ISO/RTO markets,
CAISO, and WECC experience preferred
- Solid understanding of markets and transmission policy
- Keen ability to absorb and filter mass quantities of
information proven ability to distill and explain complex
concepts
- Proven ability to build consensus and coalitions toward a
common goal
- Ability to identify issues of importance to EDPR
Behavioral Requirements:
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Advocacy and coalition-building skills
- Strong technical acumen and analytical skills
- Ability to distill complex technical issues and explain them to
the commercial team
- Ability to understand and articulate the business ramifications
of technical modifications
- Problem-solving ability
- Self-motivation
- Ability to travel as needed
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
- Sitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to stand and sit for 8 or
more hours when in an office environment
- Speech/Reading: Ability to speak, read, and write English
proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in
written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- Lifting: Ability to lift items weighing up to 10
pounds
- Vision/Hearing: Ability to understand a variety of instructions
furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- Safety: Ability to understand and communicate safety
precautions when necessary
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner
discriminate against employees or applicants because they have
inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of
another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access
to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as
a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of
other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise
have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is
(a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance
of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the
contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR
60-1.35(c)
Keywords: EDP Renewables, Portland , Senior Regulatory Market Affairs Manager, Executive , Portland, Oregon
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