Pricing & Rates Coordinator or Project Lead

Nebraska Public Power District • Columbus, NE

92d • $7,979 - $121,512

About The Position

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has an immediate opening for a Pricing & Rates Coordinator or Project Lead located at Columbus General Office in Columbus, Nebraska. Position will remain open until filled. Application review will start on October 21. This position will report to the Pricing and Rates Manager. The incumbent is accountable for working independently with limited supervision to provide overall technical development, thorough analysis and project coordination of various pricing and rates projects. This includes taking a coordination role in the wholesale and retail embedded cost of service rate studies and the formula rate template for establishing transmission rates in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). The incumbent is also accountable for coordinating intra-company teams as required to complete rate-related projects. The Pricing & Rates Project Lead provides overall technical creation, project management, project team leadership, and strategic leadership of pricing and rates projects. This specifically means taking a leadership role in projects related to NPPD’s wholesale and retail cost of service/rate studies, formula rate template for establishing transmission rates in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), scenario planning/analysis, and research and development of new rates and rate methodologies. It includes a project and strategic leadership role in developing pricing products in both regulatory and competitive markets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Business, Engineering or related field required.
• Three (3) years of professional level experience in utility rates and pricing, utility billing, cost of service, rate design, revenue requirement determination, and/or competitive pricing for Pricing & Rates Coordinator.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Business, Engineering, or related field required for Pricing & Rates Project Lead.
• Master’s degree in related area is preferred but not required for Pricing & Rates Project Lead.
• Eight (8) years of professional level experience in utility rates and pricing, including cost of service, rate design, revenue requirement determination, and/or competitive pricing for Pricing & Rates Project Lead.
• Demonstrated professional-level analysis skills in a quantitative field such as rates, accounting, finance or engineering.
• Previous rate-making experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical development, project coordination, and completion of various wholesale and retail embedded cost of service rate studies and the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) formula rate template, including determination of revenue requirements, cost allocations and rate design.
• Develop, create and provide analysis for existing and new wholesale and retail pricing products and rate studies based on regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Provide assistance in interpreting rate schedules and policies and perform rate estimates and analyses for wholesale and retail customers and NPPD colleagues.
• Collect, monitor, interpret and analyze data from SPP, accounting records, market research, load research, industry data and energy market data for use in pricing and rate projects.
• Coordinate intra-company teams as required to complete rate-related projects.
• Provide rate training to NPPD colleagues as requested.
• Assume leadership role in special projects and in the design of new rate products and services.
• Provide technical development and strategic leadership on pricing and rates projects, including the management and preparation of NPPD’s General Firm Power Service (GFPS), Transmission (T-2) Rate Studies, SPP Annual Update and True-Up, Subtransmission Rate Study, and Retail Cost of Service.
• Identify and develop scenarios and impact analyses of, or propose revisions to, the SPP rate template related to SPP tariff language changes and/or new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders.
• Coordinate the completion of the monthly SPP transmission shadow settlement process and lead the rate outlook planning process for transmission wheeling revenues and SPP revenues and expenses.
• Provide complete management and team leadership on pricing and rates related projects.
• Develop, create, and provide analysis for existing and new pricing products based on embedded and market-based principles and in compliance with wholesale power contract and retail operation agreement requirements.
• Make professional presentations on pricing issues to customers, employees, executives, and others in the industry.

Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance
• 401K retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Paid medical
• Training opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees