Associate Transmission Planning Engineer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Luis Obispo • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $95,172 - $142,956 per year
About the role
- Support the development and coordination of the basecase creation process, including schedule and deliverables.
- Support the coordination and review of data from internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate basecases.
- Review area and system load data to support the development of load forecast.
- Support the development of basecase assumptions and transmission system steady-state and dynamic models.
- Develop PG&E area and WECC system basecases as required by transmission planning studies.
- Provide support for generator testing and model development.
- Develop tools and processes to support transmission planning and project implementation functions.
- Perform transmission planning studies related to compliance, annual transmission system assessment, all phases of load or generation interconnection, reliability, inter and intra-regional studies, or any other studies to support obligations to internal PG&E departments and external entities.
- Coordinate engineering requirements for generation, load interconnection, capacity, reliability, economic, and policy projects.
- Analyze reliability indices such as SAIDI, SAIFI and other indicators to propose reliability improvement projects.
- Support development of Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan.
- Develop and submit new project proposals through the CAISO’s Request Window in order to obtain approval.
- Prepare presentations, reports or other materials essential for communication of work to internal and/or external stakeholders.
- Effectively present technical material to stakeholders as required.
- Represent PG&E transmission planning at internal and external meetings and provide technical guidance on transmission planning issues under supervision.
- Provide responsive input and support to other departments on transmission matters.
- Participate in project implementation activities to ensure timely implementation of projects and system asset strategies.
- Prepare project approval documents for management approval.
- Perform analysis to support project need and recommendation.
- Manage and track implementation of projects and provide updates as required.
- Participate in establishing project implementation scope, schedule, and budget.
- Interface and work with external regulatory agencies under supervision.
- Support in preparation of filings with regulatory agencies on transmission projects as necessary.
- Support PG&E’s regulatory filings to various regulatory and data requests including FERC’s Transmission Owner (TO) rate case and CPUC’s General Rate Case (GRC).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US.
- One year of experience in power engineering, electric transmission planning and/or operations.
- Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
load forecastingtransmission system modelinggenerator testingdata analysisproject managementreliability analysisproject proposal developmenttransmission planning studiesregulatory compliancecapacity analysis
Soft Skills
communicationpresentation skillsstakeholder engagementteam collaborationtechnical guidance
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringEngineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate