Associate Realtime Asset Manager

Requisition ID # 166270 

Job Category: Energy Services / Trading 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

The Energy Policy and Procurement (EPP) organization procures electricity, capacity, and ancillary services to serve the needs of bundled electric customers. In addition, EPP procures natural gas, pipeline capacity, and storage capacity on behalf of residential and small commercial customers, and for both utility-owned and contracted third-party electric generation. EPP is responsible for the front-office and back-office functions associated with power and gas procurement. Front-office functions entail planning, contracting, trading, scheduling, and dispatching electricity and natural gas for PG&E’s customers. Back-office functions entail administering procurement agreements and ensuring timely and accurate payments to the CAISO and third-party power and gas suppliers. EPP also actively participates in regulatory and legislative proceedings that shape the design and implementation of state, regional, and federal energy regulation and policy. In addition, EPP is responsible for long-term planning, risk management, and compliance functions related to PG&E’s energy portfolio.

 

The Real Time Operations group is part of the Short-Term Electric Supply department within Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Energy Policy and Procurement organization. Key activities include procuring and scheduling electricity to meet PG&E’s retail load in a least cost fashion by utilizing PG&E owned generation, contract generation and market transactions in the real time market. The portfolio of generation the group is responsible for is large and diverse, ranging from nuclear power plants, hydro, gas power plants, geothermal, biomass, wind, solar and batteries. The Real Time Operations group acts as the single point of contact between PG&E and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) for generation dispatching, planned outage implementation, generator emergency outage notification, water management and all other scheduling activities including energy imports and export schedules. The department also manages and documents transactions across transmission tie points between control areas, including confirming import and export information with counterparties; source, sink and each transmission segment for each schedule and tagging. The Department supports the Utility’s long-term electric procurement activities, including renewable resources and acquisition of power from outside the Utility’s service area, by providing operational and marketing expertise as well as system integration requirements. The Real Time Operations Department is an integral element of the Short-Term Electric Supply team and contributes/ receives input from the Day Ahead Operations team and the Electric Fuels Department to manage real time transactions.

 

Position Summary

PG&E is seeking an enthusiastic and driven candidate to fill an associate-level position.

 

Real-Time Asset Managers are responsible for monitoring, dispatching and controlling PG&E’s portfolio of generating units and associated water conveyance systems to ensure energy and ancillary service obligations are met. As part of this responsibility, the Real-Time Asset Managers are also required to make assessments, develop strategies and implement those results throughout their assigned shifts. The decisions include instructing Hydro and Power Plant operators to shut down and start generating units, vary the generation output to achieve desired energy schedules and water management.

 

The Real Time Asset Management function acts as PG&E’s single point contact with the CAISO for real time generation dispatch communications and instructions on a 24 x 7 basis.

The position is staffed on a 24 x 7 basis. The shift rotation provides coverage which includes weekdays, weekends, nights, and holidays. This position is based in Oakland and will also require up to 30% travel time to Vacaville and San Ramon.

 

Staffing the department’s emergency backup facility in Vacaville is also part of the responsibility of the RealTime Asset Manager. PG&E is seeking a dedicated individual that can work in a fast-paced environment and possess the ability to work as an effective team member to perform these duties while complying with all required regulations, such as the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the CAISO Tariff. Key capabilities include the ability to multi-task, maintain situational awar