What are the responsibilities and job description for the Policy Consultant position at Entergy Corporation?
Job Title: Policy Consultant
Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid
Legal Entity: Entergy Services, Inc.-ESI (OLD)
***This posittion may be filled in Jackson, MS (preferred location), New Orleans, LA, Woodlands, TX or Little Rock, AR.***
Job Summary/Purpose
Assess, develop, and implement policy strategy activities for the Entergy Power Delivery organization.
Support Power Delivery’s compliance with NERC Reliability Standards, including the implementation and execution of compliance programs and initiatives promoting Power Delivery’s compliance culture. Compliance support responsibilities include: support various aspects of the NERC standards life cycle; use Entergy’s governance, risk management, and compliance platforms and tools; support Power Delivery’s compliance assessments and audits.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
- Provides guidance, assessment and support regarding assigned policy issues, including coordination with various Entergy business units that implement NERC Reliability Standards.
- Uses technical knowledge of energy and utility business practices to assess the technical and economic impact of regulations, orders, enforcement actions, and other governmental activities.
- Provides analysis and recommendations for actions and strategies related to NERC Reliability Standards implementation and execution.
- Leads discussions and negotiations with Entergy management and support organizations, regulators, reliability organization staff and auditors, regional organization staff, industry associations, and other stakeholders to resolve potential disagreements and build consensus on assigned policy issues.
- Prepares, coordinates, and supports expert testimony, discovery requests, written comments, and other related filings in rate case proceedings, transmission line certification proceedings, and other regulatory proceedings addressing energy and utility issues.
- Reviews and coordinates proposed regulatory rulemaking and/or guidance notices from regulators including FERC, NERC, and/or NERC Regional Entities related to the electric transmission business and selectively seeks to influence such proposed changes through the preparation of written comments, participation in industry and regional workgroups and workshops, drafting committee or collaboration with other stakeholders.
- Collaborates with various Entergy business units, to monitor, track, assess and selectively seek to influence change in regulatory (e.g., PSC, RTO, FERC, NERC, SERC) reliability requirements; ensures Power Delivery’s compliance with such requirements; supports Entergy during reliability organization compliance audits; and resolves audit recommendations and results.
- General NERC compliance support may include: NERC Reliability Standard policy and procedure administration; Root Cause Analysis; Corrective Action Program.
Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Performs as UFLS Program Owner per Reliability Management Manual RMM-PR-015 (Load Shed Policy; See Section 4.12 of Rev 3 for details of this role)
- Support Nuclear’s periodic stability studies and various transmission-related issues (e.g., review/update of Nuclear Plant Operating Agreements)
- Participate in various industry groups (e.g., NERC, SERC, NATF)
- Support various joint Entergy/university research projects as needed.
- Support local, state, and federal/MISO regulatory activities as needed.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum education required of the position
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent engineering work experience.
Minimum experience required of the position
A minimum of 10 years of experience
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position
Knowledge of and experience with NERC Reliability Standards. Policy-making experience in reliability. Experience with developing corporate policy and/or governance documents.
Effective comunications skills: strong written communication skills (candidate may be asked to submit a writing sample); strong verbal communications and presentation skills.
Demonstrated leadership skills: strong interpersonal skill; team player; ability to work under stressful situations; lead multidisciplinary teams.
Other desired skills: self-starter, independent worker, self-motivator; planning and organizing skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneulsy; problem solving and strategic thinking; analytical skill set with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position
N/A
Other Attributes
Functional Knowledge Requires conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines.
Business Expertise Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
Leadership Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.
Problem Solving Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
Impact Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies.
Interpersonal Skills Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
Working Conditions/Essential functions/Physical requirements
Office environment with minimal physical requirements. As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the Company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
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Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Louisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Little Rock || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 118367
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 118367
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
