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This is an exciting time to join the Southern Power Company (SPC) transmission team as we support the growth of SPC's generation fleet to build the future of energy across the country. Southern Power Company's transmission team manages interconnection and delivery risks related to acquiring, developing, owning, and operating generation assets. Responsibilities of the transmission team include developing and executing strategies for securing and maintaining long-term deliverability from generation assets, conducting due diligence of transmission-related issues for asset acquisitions, developing transmission deliverability and cost assessments for new generation construction, managing the generator interconnection process for new assets, and managing the customer interface with transmission providers. The SPC Transmission team also supports our existing generation fleet with operations and maintenance activities, participating in transmission policy, forecasting transmission congestion and curtailment to provide inputs to other SPC teams.
The engineer/analyst role will support project managers on the transmission team who provide leadership in areas of optimization and hedging, acquisition and development due diligence, O&M support, generator interconnections and transmission/market policy. This role will perform transmission analysis and risk evaluations for securing and maintaining long-term deliverability from Southern Power's generation assets.
This position works closely with various organizations, so the successful candidate must be able to effectively communicate concepts clearly and concisely with diverse audiences. They will also have the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of different wholesale electric market structures while gaining insight into acquiring and developing new generation assets.
Major Job Responsibilities Include:
Candidates with the following preferred qualifications are encouraged to apply:
Education
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
About Us
Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, is a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider meeting the electricity needs of municipalities, electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, and other energy customers. Southern Power and its subsidiaries own 55 facilities operating or under construction in 14 states with more than 12,500 MW of generating capacity in Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Washington.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million residential and commercial customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience, and sustainability, we are taking action to meet our customers' and communities' needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have earned the company national awards and recognition from numerous organizations, including Forbes, Military Times, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, J.D. Power, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign and more. To learn more, visit ;br>
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonawards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
About the Team
Southern Power
Job Summary
This is an exciting time to join the Southern Power Company (SPC) transmission team as we support the growth of SPC's generation fleet to build the future of energy across the country. Southern Power Company's transmission team manages interconnection and delivery risks related to acquiring, developing, owning, and operating generation assets. Responsibilities of the transmission team include developing and executing strategies for securing and maintaining long-term deliverability from generation assets, conducting due diligence of transmission-related issues for asset acquisitions, developing transmission deliverability and cost assessments for new generation construction, managing the generator interconnection process for new assets, and managing the customer interface with transmission providers. The SPC Transmission team also supports our existing generation fleet with operations and maintenance activities, participating in transmission policy, forecasting transmission congestion and curtailment to provide inputs to other SPC teams.
The engineer/analyst role will support project managers on the transmission team who provide leadership in areas of optimization and hedging, acquisition and development due diligence, O&M support, generator interconnections and transmission/market policy. This role will perform transmission analysis and risk evaluations for securing and maintaining long-term deliverability from Southern Power's generation assets.
This position works closely with various organizations, so the successful candidate must be able to effectively communicate concepts clearly and concisely with diverse audiences. They will also have the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of different wholesale electric market structures while gaining insight into acquiring and developing new generation assets.
Major Job Responsibilities Include:
- Transmission grid analysis and nodal modeling to produce forecasts of market prices as well as other ad hoc analysis in support of the Commercial Optimization, Trading and Transmission organization
- Provide analysis and communicate with SPC traders to procure congestion hedging positions and analyze pricing of long-term transmission congestions products. Identify, track, analyze and communicate key grid outages or other grid conditions that could impact SPC'S generation fleet
- Asset acquisition and development due diligence - Review of interconnection agreements, transmission service, power purchase agreements, FERC and transmission provider requirements, curtailment, and congestion forecasts to identify key risks (such as cost, schedule, contractual)
- Work closely with the following teams: Business Development, Project Development, Commercial Optimization, Trading and Transmission to develop potential risk mitigations and solutions
- O&M Support: Provide operational support to Southern Power's Remote Operations Center, O&M support team and plant personnel. Provide technical analysis and support for SPC's generating fleet.
Candidates with the following preferred qualifications are encouraged to apply:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related analytical field is required
- An MBA or advanced degree in these areas or related field is desired but not required
- engineering
- computer science
- finance
- economics
- or equivalent field
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Transmission experience is desired
- High level of proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft Office products is required
- Strong analytical skills, interpersonal skills, verbal/written communications skills
- The ability to successfully manage numerous tasks and priorities to support various SPC organizations
- Creative thinking with a focus on finding optimal solutions to issues across energy markets
- Knowledge of nodal energy markets is desired
- Experience with modeling related to one of the following is beneficial: load flow or production cost and dispatch
- Experience with power purchase agreement interpretations, real-time operations, or renewable generation technologies is desired
- Knowledge of FERC policies of wholesale power markets is desired
About Us
Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, is a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider meeting the electricity needs of municipalities, electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, and other energy customers. Southern Power and its subsidiaries own 55 facilities operating or under construction in 14 states with more than 12,500 MW of generating capacity in Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Washington.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million residential and commercial customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience, and sustainability, we are taking action to meet our customers' and communities' needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have earned the company national awards and recognition from numerous organizations, including Forbes, Military Times, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, J.D. Power, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign and more. To learn more, visit ;br>
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonawards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
About the Team
Southern Power
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