Expert Contract Management Analyst - Oakland, United States - PG&E Corporation

PG&E Corporation

Verified Company

Oakland, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Requisition ID # 153833

Job Category:
Legal

Job Level:
Individual Contributor

Business Unit:
Energy Policy & Procurement

Work Type:
Hybrid

Job Location:
Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E's Energy Policy and Procurement (EPP) organization procures electricity, capacity, and ancillary services to serve the needs of bundled electric customers 24 hours a day.

EPP reduces customer costs and attain stable prices through contracting and financial hedging instruments and in doing so, maintain a focus on sustainability by supporting environmentally-preferred resources.

In addition, EPP procures natural gas, pipeline capacity, and storage capacity on behalf of residential and small commercial customers, and for both utility-owned and contracted third-party electric generation.

EPP is responsible for the front office and back-office functions associated with power and gas procurement. Front-office functions entail planning, contracting, trading, scheduling, and dispatching electricity and natural gas for PG&E's customers.

Back-office functions entail administering procurement agreements and ensuring timely and accurate payments to the CAISO and third-party power and gas suppliers.

EPP also actively participates in regulatory and legislative proceedings that shape the design and implementation of state, regional, and federal energy regulation and policy.

In addition, EPP is responsible for long-term planning, risk management, and compliance functions related to PG&E's energy portfolio.

EPP's Contract Management (CM) team ensures that PG&E and the parties who sell energy and capacity to PG&E remain compliant with all terms of their energy contract, both for contracts that are actively delivering energy and for new facilities under construction.

The Contract Management team manages hundreds of procurement contracts related to renewable energy, conventional energy, combined heat and power, energy storage, natural gas and biogas, resource adequacy capacity products, renewable energy credits, and greenhouse gas allowances, as well as associated transmission and financial hedging agreements.

Position Summary

The Expert Contract Management Analyst will be part of a team (RPS and CSA Contracts Team), responsible for managing PG&E's contracts with third party generation facilities and for assisting with regulatory reporting requirements

The Expert Analyst will:
Work with internal and external parties to maximize the value of assigned contracts in the PG&E portfolio;
Ensure that all necessary steps are taken for the facilities to deliver energy and/or capacity to PG&E in a manner consistent with the obligations of the agreement, market rules, and internal process;
Ensure operation and administration of contracts is in accordance with all contract terms and conditions;
Track and use contract information to support strategic decision making, and internal and external reporting;
Interpret, analyze, communicate about issues and disputes that arise during contract administration, and put together recommendations to upper management for resolution;
Develop and follow processes to ensure that contracts are managed efficiently, consistently, and in compliance with PG&E's commitments under the contracts and its regulatory obligations;
Track and use contract information to support strategic decision making, and internal and external reporting;
Maximize benefits to internal stakeholders' analysis and decision making by providing access to accurate contract information;
And support regulatory efforts at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location is in Oakland, CA.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum:
$109,000

Bay Area Maximum:
$175,000

Job Responsibilities

The Expert Contract Management Analyst will be responsible for managing a portfolio of contracts for energy and capacity

Responsibilities will include:

Contract Management - Analyst manages terms and conditions of assigned contracts including updating and maintaining the integrity of CM databases, CM SharePoint, Shared Drive, Documentum (D2) and EPP document storage process.

Also, Analyst will report on contract information, development status, and performance to internal parties at PG&E, and regulatory agencies such as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and California Energy Commission.

Contract Review - Assist with the review and management of power contracts and related documents, identifying critical information or patterns.

Examples of such work may include:
reviewing and providing feedback on contracts or amendments prior to execution; producing detailed summaries of the terms of contracts; identifying and resolving potential contractual issues and solutions;