AVP, Federal Regulatory Affairs

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Position Summary

Design, lead, and implement Xcel Energy’s enterprise-wide federal regulatory strategy and program in support of the Company’s electric and gas utilities across four operating companies and seven states. Provide strategic leadership and subject matter expertise on federal regulatory, wholesale market, transmission, reliability, tariff, and compliance matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), NERC Regional Entities, Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), and other regional organizations. Reports to the Vice President, Federal Regulatory, Legal, and Policy.

Serve as a senior leader within the Federal Regulatory Affairs function and a Company-wide resource on FERC-jurisdictional transmission and wholesale matters, federal regulatory policy, NERC-related matters, and federal regulatory compliance. Partner with Commercial Operations, Transmission, Integrated System Planning, Operating Companies, Legal, and other business areas on issues including transmission service, wholesale power transactions, organized wholesale market rules and trading strategies, generator interconnections, open access transmission policy, tariffs, and significant transmission and wholesale business decisions.

Advise senior leadership on significant federal regulatory, market, reliability, compliance, and policy developments, including matters with long-term operational, investment, customer, market access, and regulatory impacts. Lead federal regulatory advocacy in national forums, industry-wide trade associations, and other federal policy forums. Provide federal regulatory oversight, subject matter expertise, and enterprise-wide coordination support for matters involving regional transmission organizations, organized markets, and national and regional reliability entities.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise-wide federal regulatory strategies that support Xcel Energy’s electric and gas utilities, operating companies, business units, customers, and corporate objectives. Direct federal regulatory filings for electric and gas matters, including rate, fuel, rulemaking, certification, generator interconnection, market-based rate, market power, standards of conduct, tariff, and compliance-related proceedings. Prepare supporting testimony and serve as an expert witness when necessary.

• Lead enterprise-wide engagement with Commercial Operations, Transmission, Integrated System Planning, Operating Companies, Legal, Regulatory, and other internal stakeholders on federal regulatory issues affecting transmission service, wholesale power transactions, organized wholesale market rules and trading strategies, generator interconnections, open access transmission policies, RTO participation, and transmission and wholesale business decisions. Advise senior management and business unit leadership on federal regulatory risks, opportunities, and strategic options.

• Direct the development, interpretation, administration, and revision of the Company’s FERC-jurisdictional transmission and wholesale production tariffs. Ensure tariffs are aligned with FERC requirements, Company strategy, operating needs, customer obligations, market rules, and evolving federal policy.

• Lead and coordinate the Company’s advocacy of federal regulatory policy positions in national forums, industry-wide trade associations, and other federal policy forums. Develop policy positions with internal stakeholders and represent Company interests on issues affecting transmission policy, wholesale markets, reliability, generator interconnection, market design, federal jurisdictional issues, and long-term utility business strategy.

• Provide federal regulatory oversight, strategic guidance, and subject matter expertise for Company matters involving MISO, SPP, SPP Markets+, WRAP, WestConnect, NERC, NERC Regional Entities, and other regional organizations. Coordinate with Company representatives serving on stakeholder committees and regional forums to identify, evaluate, escalate, and align on significant regional market, transmission, reliability, and policy issues.

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with FERC Commissioners, FERC staff, NERC, NERC Regional Entities, RTO leadership and staff, state regulatory commissions and staffs where federal issues affect state-regulated matters, public counsels, customer groups, industry participants, and other stakeholders.