Senior NERC Regulatory Compliance Analyst - Solar Plants - NorthStar Clean Energy

NorthStar Clean Energy decarbonizes the economy by providing clean energy and carbon management solutions to utility, municipal, commercial, and industrial customers enabling them to meet their sustainability and business goals. Additionally, we own and operate natural gas assets throughout the United States. To learn more about NorthStar Clean Energy, please visit www.northstarcleanenergy.com.
 

This position is with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and is not a position of employment with Consumers Energy.   

 

What you'll do:

The Senior NERC Regulatory Compliance Analyst will implement NERC compliance activities for NorthStar Clean Energy's solar generation facilities.  This person is considered the site's subject matter expert of the NERC regulatory standards that are applicable to Generator Owners and Generator Operators.  Provide management, oversight, direction, coordination for the implementation of NERC compliance activities that relate to equipment testing, configuration, operations, reliability, system protection, and other various electrical analyses. 

This position is designed to provide compliance coordination and implementation of policies and procedures at solar generation facilities.  As a key member of the operations compliance team, this candidate will have a primary role in solar generation reliability and regulatory compliance at NSCE's existing facilities and also provide NERC related commissioning oversight of new facilities.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Evaluate, interpret and mange the implementation of compliance processes and procedures related to NERC regulatory standards/requirements.  Evaluate the relevance of requirements appropriate for each plant relating to topics such as inverter's or generator operation, plant protection systems, substation and transmission interconnections  
• Provide subject matter expertise and support for the compliance of NERC regulatory standards with a primary focus on Protection and Control (PRC), Facilities Design, Connection and Maintenance (FAC), Transmission Planning (TPL), Transmission Operations (TOP), Modeling Data and Analysis (MOD), and Voltage and Reactive power(VAR)
• Lead the on-site interpretation, education and the implementation of NERC regulatory standards and their requirements.  Ensure each facility's regulatory compliance through the coordination and evaluation of testing, modeling, condition assessment, maintenance activities and procedure/process implementation
• Conduct analysis of plant processes, testing results, reliability condition and equipment configuration to determine if it meets the regulatory requirements.  Implement the necessary procedure/process changes through plant management.  Oversee and coordinate activities such as testing, evaluations, modeling and reporting as needed
• Prepare, track, manage and analyze records as compliance evidence. Communicate with the regulators regarding technical analysis and modeling reports, information submittals, forms and data bases.  Assist in the assembly of information and documentation that demonstrates compliance
• Perform reporting actions to Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other regulatory agencies
• Perform internal assessments of processes, procedures and documentation for regulatory adherence, communicate results and lead/assist in the development and implementation of corrective action plans
• Monitor, oversee, or implement corrective actions to ensure site compliance with regulatory requirements
• Perform /or oversee complex assessments of facility generation electrical equipment such as:
  • Protection Relay function and coordination with controls
  • Coordinate generating unit capabilities with voltage regulation and controls
  • Generator real and reactive power capabilities and control
  • Modeling for generator excitation and control systems
• Provide scope and quality oversight of contractors of work that is related to NERC Requirements such as: equipment testing, system modeling, engineering analysis, and report creation
• Other duties such as perfuming reporting obligations or site troubleshooting of system performance may be