The position is responsible for leading member flexibility program updates and initiatives, directly working with Member System CEOs and staff on projects within applicable programs, and taking a leading role for the Energy Management department on regulatory and corporate initiatives. This role will be capable of directly offloading high-level work streams from current Energy Management Vice President and Senior Manager staff. The successful candidate will work closely with other Energy Management department leaders to manage and support regulatory, corporate, organized market and member program efforts.
Tri-State recognizes the value of a highly-engaged and committed workforce and provides an excellent benefits program that includes: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Work Schedules including compressed work week and telecommuting opportunities to work remotely up to 40%, Life Insurance, 401K, Long Term Disability (LTD), Short Term Disability (STD), Employee Assistant Program (EAP) and Paid Leave Benefits.
Deputy of Energy Initiatives
Hiring Salary Range: $135,000-$175,000
Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary outside of the posted hiring salary range based upon work experience, education, and/or skill level.
Oversee key projects for member systems under member flexibility programs as assigned by Energy Management department leadership.
• Develop and manage workstreams, leveraging cross-functional teams, for projects related to member flexibility programs, corporate initiatives, and regulatory initiatives as assigned by Energy Management department leadership.
• Coordinate responses to ad hoc member inquiries to the Energy Management department regarding member flexibility programs.
• Coordinate responses to ad hoc developer inquiries to the Energy Management department regarding potential projects and/or project acquisition opportunities.
• Oversee the program management of organized market protocol and tariff impacts on functions in the Energy Management department in the areas of Planning & Analytics and Regulatory & Origination.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain compliance with all company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, ensuring continuous, reliable electric service.
• Attain knowledge and remain knowledgeable of development in regulations, laws, standards and best practices applicable to the functional area including, but not limited to, Standards of Conduct, Environmental, Employment Law, NERC Reliability Standards and Safety. Must be familiar with, and comply with, all aspects of Corporate Policy C-54, Compliance.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with Tri-State’s culture embodied in the Cooperative principles and spirit and core values of technical competency, respect and dignity, accountability, integrity, trustworthiness, and servant leadership to empower or otherwise enable others to optimally perform their job responsibilities.
• Demonstrate and promote ethics and behaviors consistent with Tri-State’s culture, Board policies, and business practices. Understand and fulfill the role and responsibility for all compliance programs within the company.
• Because Tri-State is an electric utility with continuous service obligations to its customers, regular, reliable and predictable performance of the essential functions and responsibilities is an essential function of the job.
• Because Tri-State has an obligation to provide continuous, reliable electric service to its customers, the ability to work overtime at any time of the day or week is considered an essential function of the job.
• Perform other related duties as assigned, contributing to Tri-State’s mission of providing reliable, affordable, and responsible electricity.
SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES:
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to identify functional area business needs, establish goals, objectives, and project timelines, and ensure alignment with enterprise goals.
• Planning: Remain aware of changing industry conditions including the effects of environmental regulations, organized market development, and NERC/FERC and WECC requirements and be capable of developing conceptual and technical solutions.
• Management/Supervision: Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities across projects and programs and work cooperatively with leadership and staff to meet project and program objectives at a rigorous pace and volume.
• Time management: Coordinate the efforts and contributions of internal and external resources to develop overall solutions involving economic, technical and operational considerations.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to write reports, draft contracts, and work clearly and effectively with internal and external legal staff.
• Excellent presentation skills are required for communication of project and initiative results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels while incorporating an understanding of impacts on the overall business.
• Strong team player with the ability to work in a matrix organization.
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We are Tri-State, a not-for-profit, wholesale power supplier to electric cooperatives and public power districts across the Western U.S. Together, we power the potential of more than one million energy consumers in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Reliable power is the lifeblood of the rural West, and critical to the future of our communities. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to supply affordable, responsibly-generated power to the farms, ranches, resorts, and small towns that our members serve.
More than 1,200 people carry out our mission around the clock in our four-state region, including our headquarters in Westminster, Colorado.
