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Job Description
Under general direction, the 0933 Origination and Power Supply Manager is responsible for developing and managing Integrated Resource Planning efforts; managing the electricity supply portfolio for the Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF programs, San Francisco's publicly owned electric utility and community choice aggregator. respectively, ensuring compliance with all related regulatory requirements.
The Power Enterprise, within the SFPUC, has two separate power programs, Hetch Hetchy Power, San Francisco's Publicly Owned Utility and CleanPowerSF, San Francisco's Community Choice Aggregation program, serving approximately 70% of the electricity needs of the City and County of San Francisco load. Power Enterprise serves this load with a combination of owned and purchased resources.
SFPUC owns and operates the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project, which includes 385 MW hydro-electric power generation in Moccasin, California; solar arrays throughout San Francisco; and biogas cogeneration facilities, which together produce cost-effective energy with a zero-greenhouse gas (GHG-free) emission profile.
Essential functions of this position include:
- Manage the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for both the Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF programs. This includes managing staff and consultants to complete the modeling, reports, and presentations to the executive team and commission, and follow through with appropriate regulatory agencies
- Lead participant for SFPUC Power Enterprise in collaborating with SFPUC Hetch Hetchy Water Operations division to analyze hydroelectric supply availability.
- Manage the supply portfolio, including procurement through long-term energy and capacity product contracts for both the Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF programs as described in the Integrated Resource and Growth Plans.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements related to energy supply for both the Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF portfolios, including Resource Adequacy products, Renewable Content, and Reliability products.
- Develop and issue Request for Proposals (RFPs) to procure all products in the supply portfolio. Lead negotiations with energy product suppliers to finalize contracts. Liaise with City attorney, Risk Management, Contracts and other groups as needed to execute contracts.
- Execute short-term market purchases and sales by obtaining multiple bids, complying with the Energy Trading Risk Management policy, and entering into cost- effective contracts.
- Meet with various energy suppliers to understand market trends and availability of various supplies. Support Distributed Energy Resource Projects section to evaluate new renewable projects including their technical viability.
- Support Risk Management and Business Analysis and Energy Scheduling and Settlements to develop the budget related to energy sales and purchases including energy capacity contracts, and to ensure successful integration of new contracts into scheduling and settlements process.
Qualifications
If you are interested in a job like this, we are looking for people that have the following:
Education: Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.Experience: Six (6) years of professional work experience in electric utility energy product procurement, of which three (3) years must include experience supervising professionals.Substitution:Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two (2) years. One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units/forty-five (45) quarter units.Desirable Qualifications:The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.- Knowledge of CAISO Markets
- Knowledge of rules and regulations under FERC, CPUC and other related oversight programs
- Demonstrated experience in energy portfolio management
Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted. All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included in theCity and County of San Francisco online application by the filing deadline.
Verification:Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.
ExaminationProcedures:After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:Management Test Battery(Weight40%):The Management Test Battery is acomputer-based examination designed to measure competencies in job-related areas which may include but not be limited to: Problem Solving; Leadership; Decision Making; Interpersonal skill; Human Resources Management; Team Building; Communication; Conflict Management and Process Improvement. For more information about this Management Test please click here.Training and Experience Supplemental Questionnaire (Weight 60%):The purpose of the Training and Experience Supplemental Questionnaire is to evaluate the experience, knowledge, skills and abilities that candidates possess in job-related areas, which have been identified as critical for this position and include, but are not limited to:
- Knowledge of administrative and management principles and practices.
- Knowledge of development and implementation of policies and procedures related to wholesale purchases and sales of electricity products.
- Knowledge of energy data analytics, power project valuations, and an understanding of wholesale energy market and trading concepts.
- Ability to conduct decision analyses and standard energy modeling and simulation software packages.
- Knowledge of portfolio optimization and production cost modeling software, Integrated Resource Planning in the context of meeting load requirements and California GHG reductions goals.
- Knowledge of power trading and risk management and a thorough understanding of California’s energy market and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Ability to meet, manage and delegate multiple concurrent deadlines and priorities
- Knowledge of electric utility industry, services and issues, especially supply portfolio management
A passing score must be achieved on both the Training and Experience Supplemental Questionnaire and Management Test Battery in order to continue in the selection process.
Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (Weight Qualifying): Candidates who meet minimum qualifications will be invited via a separate link to complete a Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire as part of the online employment application. This Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications for this position. Applicants must also complete the official application. It is essential that applicants provide complete information in identifying their education, experience and training. The Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.Qualified candidates will be sent notices via email for completion prior to the creation of the eligible list. Each notice will include the date by which responses must be received. Failure to complete these steps by the established deadlines will result in disqualification.
Additional Information
Specific information regarding this recruitment process:- Application Opening:November 3, 2021
- Application Deadline: November 23, 2021
- Eligible List duration: the duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be 6months
- Certification Rule:Rule of the List
- Exam Type: Combined Promotive and Entrance
- Information About The Hiring Process
- Conviction History
- Employee Benefits Overview
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Disaster Service Worker
- ADA Accommodation
- Veterans Preference
- Seniority Credit
- Right to Work
- Copies of Application Documents
- Diversity Statement
The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.
Have questions about the application process?If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Stefanie Lim, by telephone at 415-916-6632or by email at [emailprotected]
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.
- ID: #22367638
- State: California Sanfrancisco 94102 Sanfrancisco USA
- City: Sanfrancisco
- Salary: USD TBD TBD
- Job type: Full-time
- Showed: 2021-11-07
- Deadline: 2022-01-04
- Category: Et cetera