Description
Overview
As an Engineer in Distribution Planning and Asset Management you will provide technical expertise to ensure safety, efficiency and reliability within the electric system at our Providence, RI location.
Responsibilities
- Distribution Planning & Asset Management long-term planning objectives include,compliance with:
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- Loading criteria
- Voltage criteria
- Protection/coordination/fault current criteria
- Reliability criteria
- Asset condition evaluations
- Arc flash evaluations
- Reactive power flow evaluation
- Distributed and renewable generation considerations
- Electric vehicle considerations
- Heating electrification considerations
- Draft technical area studies and program documentation covering the analysis above.
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- Integrated Distribution Planning
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- Assist development of new evaluation methods for distributed generation (including solar, wind and battery storage) to improve the study process.
- Assist development of resiliency evaluation methods to incorporate climate change impacts into the study process above.
- Assist development of community engagement process to better align the forecast inputs of the study process with community long-term planning.
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- Grid Modernization
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- Assist development of grid modernization analysis methods to determine the sensing, data, and dispatch requirements.
- Assist with implementation of grid modernization initiatives such as volt-var optimization (VVO), fault location, isolation, and service restoration (FLISR), and implementation of a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS).
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Key Accountabilities:
- Conduct multi-year engineering studies, analysis, and investigations, under supervision, to determine issues associated with the existing and future electric system and recommend corrective actions to prevent problems.
- Independently gather, model, and analyze data using pre-determined tools to perform the engineering studies.
- Plan, organize, and execute the engineering studies efficiently and in line with relevant policies and processes.
- During the studies, communicate with internal and external stakeholders to provide status, preliminary findings, and final results.
- Participate in department reviews to improve modeling and analysis techniques for all criteria and evaluations, particularly in relation to renewable generation, energy storage, distributed energy resources, and resiliency.
- Support government and regulatory data requests and filings, particularly in relation to grid modernization and integrated planning as it relates to jurisdictional climate policy goals.
Specific engineering areas of key accountabilities for the role:
- Prepare/develop protection models using ASPEN or CAPE software.
- Analyze/recommend protective device coordination and equipment interrupting ratings.
- Analyze grounding, anti-islanding, fault sensitivity, and transient conditions for interconnections.
- Prepare/develop three-phase balanced load flow models using PSSE software.
- Prepare/develop unbalanced three-phase radial distribution models using CYME software.
- Develop preliminary cost estimates of alternatives.
- Oversee contractor resources performing studies.
- Initiate requests for project funding.
- Provide engineering support to Electric Operations.
Additional Accountabilities:
- Provide storm restoration support during major storm events. Storm support can and often requires off-hour and weekend response.
Qualifications
- Electrical Engineering Bachelor of Science Degree earned from an ABET accredited school and 2 years of related experience in an entry-level position is preferred, or equivalent work experience.
- Working to/holder of the Registered Professional Engineering License.
- Knowledge of The Narragansett Electric Company's business operations, company policies and practices preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in an electrical engineering environment, preferably a utility.
- Good written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a matrix management environment.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of distribution line design, substation design and protection, controls & integration, and metering schemes.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of distribution protection schemes. ASPEN or CAPE software experience preferred.
- Ability to perform distribution load flow analysis. PSSE and/or CYME experience preferred.
Contact
PPL Corporation
Two N Ninth St
Allentown
Pennsylvania United States
www.pplweb.com
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