Manager, Power Origination

Platte River Power Authority•Fort Collins, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The manager, power origination oversees Platte River’s procurement efforts to reliably and economically serve owner communities while advancing the organization’s clean energy transformation. This role provides strategic direction for soliciting and procuring renewables, batteries, and peaking resources aligned with Platte River’s resource portfolio strategy and leads the development and execution of commercial strategies that support cost‑effective resource development, and clean energy solutions within complex regulatory, policy, and market environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, economics or related field from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Current valid driver’s license and ability to remain insurable under the vehicle liability policy
Minimum of six years of progressive business experience in origination, energy trading, contract negotiations, project management and analysis
Minimum of four years of leadership and management experience
Minimum of three years working with an existing organized energy market
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong presentation skills and the ability to listen and respond effectively and influence others
Extensive knowledge of the electric utility operations, including power production, power delivery and power market operations
Knowledge of key provisions in various purchased power agreements and contract negotiations
Demonstrated leadership skills to include the development of effective work teams, building and maintaining strong interpersonal relationships, and presenting leadership image in all situations
Ability to coach and develop employees and to lead a diverse group of people

Nice To Haves

Ability to effectively balance day-to-day operations with long-term planning and prioritize competing demands is preferred
Ability to develop strong collaborative relationships with peers and demonstrate leadership within the organization is preferred
Experience managing the submission and administration of generation interconnection requests and transmission service requests
Advanced degree in engineering, business administration, economics or related field from an accredited college or university

Responsibilities

Models the mission, vision, values, and culture of the organization
Seek opportunities to expand revenue and realize costs savings through partnerships, power markets, and bilateral transactions
Oversees development of work plans to optimize the integration of additional renewable resources, batteries, and peaking generation into its portfolio
Oversee the development of proposals, pricing, due diligence, presentations, and responses for RFPs
Identify new origination opportunities across all technologies and products and implement an outreach strategy for projects under development
Coordinate closely with internal departments to develop solutions to serve owner communities
Originate deal opportunities and assist with structuring large wholesale power transactions
Facilitates collaboration and creative solutions amongst regional power players
Stays informed of possible changes to resource adequacy requirements that will impact the service territory and provides appropriate input to protect its interests
Oversees the development of an operating budget and obtain appropriate senior level buy-in
Oversees the development of models that seeks to optimize either value or reliability benefits of existing and future battery resources
Oversees the development of various near and longer-term power supply analysis necessary to support other departments
Performs other duties as assigned