Associate Economist - Albany, United States - Public Service, Department of

Public Service, Department of

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Albany, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Minimum Qualifications
No exam is required under the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS*) Program. Applicants must meet the NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS listed below to qualify for this title.

NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

AND
Three years of professional experience conducting economic research in the field of public utility regulation.

Acceptable experience may include but is not limited to, experience with substantial responsibility for analyzing economic issues related to public or private gas, water, electric or telecommunication utilities.

Experience primarily involving the clerical accumulation and manipulation of statistics will NOT be regarded as qualifying.

Education substitutes - a master's degree in economics may substitute for one year of the professional experience in conducting economic research described above.

A doctoral degree in economics may substitute for two years of the professional experience in conducting economic research described above.

Duties Description
The Associate Economist (Regulatory Economics), Grade 23, will work in the Office of Markets and Innovation's Office of Regulatory Economics, and perform duties that include, but are not limited to:

Analyzing economic issues related to transitioning of wholesale and retail utility markets, including, but not limited to: econometric sales forecasting, measurement and mitigation of market power, incentive regulation, benefit cost analysis, measurement of marginal costs, and the development of market rules and market design changes required to implement the State's carbon reduction and distributed energy resources goals.
Forecasting of electric, gas, steam customer sales via the specification and estimation of econometric models of customer demand. Testifying as an expert witness in administrative hearings in support of the reasonableness of those sales models and forecasts.
Gathering electric, gas, steam and/or telecommunications market and systems operation data and performing statistical, econometric, production cost simulation and/or other economic analysis.
Participating in collaborative staff and industry efforts to develop rules, procedures, and technical aspects of energy product markets.

Additional Comments

The primary mission of the New York State Department of Public Service (DPS or Department) is to ensure affordable, safe, secure, and reliable access to electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, and water services for New York State's residential and business consumers, at just and reasonable rates, while protecting the natural environment.

The Department also seeks to stimulate effective competitive markets for clean, renewable, and distributed energy resources that benefit New York consumers, as well as product and service innovations.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State.

While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

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