Job Description:
Responsible for performing energy accounting, energy reporting, and billing duties for the Energy Markets Settlements function.
Note:
There is one position available and the position will be filled at one of four job grade levels: Energy Settlements Analyst I, job grade 6; Energy Settlements Analyst II, job grade 7; Energy Settlements Analyst III, job grade 9; or Senior Energy Settlements Analyst, job grade 10. This decision will be based on the qualifications and experience of the candidate selected, and Tri-State business needs at the time of hire.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly electric service bills for member systems.
- Conduct settlements activities associated with energy imbalance or RTO/ISO markets such as CAISO and SPP.
- Collect, analyze, and validate meter reading data used in power billing and other related activities. Notify any meter-data provider of data that appears to be inaccurate and coordinate with the provider to correct erroneous data.
- Perform counterparty checkouts to verify and reconcile both quantity and pricing for electric power and energy, natural gas, and wheeling transactions conducted with non-member systems.
- Prepare and/or verify purchase and sale invoices for non-member transactions including electric power and energy, electric transmission, natural gas, and natural gas transportation.
- Prepare and/or review monthly interchange and energy imbalance accounting reports.
- Analyze new and existing energy, wheeling, and natural gas transactions, and develop sound methods for accounting and reconciling both quantity and pricing.
- Work with internal and external customers to resolve billing discrepancies.
- Review, analyze, and evaluate power purchase and power sale contracts and similar agreements to determine metering and billing methodology and to verify contract compliance.
- Review and analyze miscellaneous transactions for accuracy and proper billing methodology; ensure proper reconciliation of associated accounts.
- Prepare sales revenue, purchase power expense, and transmission revenue and expense information for submittal to Accounting, regulatory agencies, and internal customers.
- Conduct analysis and prepare reports for distribution to internal and external customers on a regular or ad hoc basis.
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures and attain knowledge and remain knowledgeable of regulations, laws, standards, and best practices applicable to functional area.
- Ability to work overtime at any time of the day or week is considered an essential function of the job.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- May be asked to fill-in during the Manager’s absence.
- Cross train with other Settlements staff.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education and Training
- BS/BA in Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Accounting, or other related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of products.
- Working knowledge of power terminology and electrical configurations.
- Ability to read and understand schematic diagrams.
- Ability to examine and analyze data for errors and inconsistencies.
- Ability to produce detailed work products with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- General knowledge of accounting techniques and procedures.
Other:
- Willingness to cross train in other positions within Settlements, if required.
- Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can perform all of the essential functions of the position.
DESIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with, or knowledge of, energy imbalance and RTO/ISO market processes and settlements activities.
- Billing and settlements experience, preferably with an electric utility.
- Experience with software such as OATi, Itron/MV-90, OSI PI, and RTO/ISO settlements systems.
About Us:
Tri-State is a wholesale power supply cooperative, operating on a not-for-profit basis, with 44 members, including 41 utility electric distribution cooperative and public power district members in four states: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Together with its members, Tri-State delivers reliable, affordable and responsible power and energy services to more than a million electricity consumers across nearly 200,000 square miles of the West.
Tri-State's electricity is generated from coal, natural gas and hydropower, with a rapidly increasing supply generated from wind and solar. Tri-State delivers power to its members through a transmission system that includes substation facilities, telecommunications sites and over 5,700 miles of high voltage transmission lines. Tri-State's transformative Responsible Energy Plan is reducing emissions, increasing renewable resources, developing new energy services and delivering more flexibility for its members.
Job Identification: 245
Job Category: Energy Markets
Posting Date: 2024-09-30T17:29:53+00:00
Job Schedule: Full time
Hiring Salary Range: $71,000-$151,000
Locations: 1100 W 116th Ave, Westminster, CO, 80234, US
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status.
