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Form of workOur purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.
At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.
The position is responsible for the direct oversight of operational adherence with all North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM, State and federal regulatory and Liberty rules and regulations for Liberty’s South Region reporting to the Vice President of T&D. This position leads the strategic development, engagement, and execution of relevant prescribed policies in conjunction with subject matter experts from Operations, HR, Information Systems, Cyber and Physical Security, and Engineering; as well as, for overlaps with centralized transmission planning and transmission operations functions, so that the company successfully meets regulatory requirements. This position performs in line with the enterprise compliance program and management system.
- Responsible for providing regional subject matter experts with clear expectations on regulatory rules and their impact on business processes, procedures, and any technology system modifications.
- Participate in the provision of performance KPIs in line with enterprise compliance guidance. Participate in notification, escalation, investigation, and remediation for compliance, in accordance with enterprise compliance program and to support risk assessments.
- Collaborate with NERC Compliance team and other enterprise compliance teams to provide guidance to impacted regional employees on ever-changing regulations.
- Analyze Electric Generation and Transmission written operating processes and procedures; and provide guidance to Operation teams so that designs and controls are consistent with a sustainable compliance program.
- Ensure that Generation and Transmission processes are sufficiently designed to meet all regulatory requirements (including generators, substations, transmission lines, vegetation management generation, system protection, and transmission controls; as well as, physical security controls, etc.). Working with functional areas to administer, execute, and validate all required procedures. Develop and update any relevant written operating procedures and processes.
- Validate and/or maintain document records and operational and IT evidence (e.g., battery testing, access logs, studies, performance records, baselines etc.).
- Must be able to effectively communicate the results of the policies, procedures, and existing systems to various employees within the company, so that the communication is clear and understood via electronic media, phone and/or in-person.
- Ensure the South Region meets all internal and external regulatory deadlines and is responsive to internal compliance and audit activity, including NERC RSAW development and data submission via NERC GADS and TADS systems.
- Help support the growth and development of SME's.
- Coordinate with subject matter experts in their understanding of and ability to meet regulatory deadlines by outside regulators.
- Coordinate and conduct training activities for the region in collaboration with the NERC and other enterprise Compliance teams.
- Ensure that the regional teams properly control and coordinate document records, regulatory information related to the regulatory, corporate standards, and ensure the business systems for proper delivery of that information to the regulator.
- Notify and coordinate with enterprise compliance teams as relates to regulatory compliance reporting, enforcement, or external audit activity.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
5-10 years of experience in NERC/RTO or State Compliance; direct involvement in a NERC RSAW Audit preferred
High attention to detail; ability to task organize in a fast-paced environment.
Influences long term negotiations within other functions of the business to help shape, form, and build long term alternatives to meet regulatory needs or negotiate into other forms of meeting regulatory and business needs.
Will interact with multi-dimensional problems that impact operations, financial, and human performance to meet regulations.
Travel required within the Region.
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.
For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.
Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.
With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.
What we offer
Company funded Pension program
401k with Company match
Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)
Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
Share purchase/match plan
Defined Contribution savings plan
Top Talent Program
Volunteer paid days off
Employee Assistance Program
Achievement fund
Free parking, including free electrical charging
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.
