Summary
This position leads the transmission planning activities for the Non-Metro area of the Oncor Electric Delivery Transmission System. This includes managing the development of Transmission plans and ERCOT Regional Planning Group project submittals leading to the reliable and optimized operation of the transmission system. This position identifies and implements Transmission Plan process improvements, as well as, contributes to the ERCOT stakeholder process regarding proposed rule changes that impact transmission planning. All NERC and ERCOT compliance requirements must be met, and supporting evidence created, maintained and readily available. This position maintains a high-level awareness of developing and changing trends that impact area transmissions planning activities, and includes active engagement in the ERCOT stakeholder process to strategically advocate improvements.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
Directly or through others, the incumbent:
- Manages activities that support Oncor's transmission planning processes including, but not limited to, identifying transmission system reliability deficiencies, identify optimization opportunities, and developing transmission project solutions and Regional Planning Group submittals that meet or exceed NERC requirements and ERCOT's Transmission Planning Criteria.
- Manages Transmission Planning's input for coordinating the transmission project construction process. This includes coordinating with Oncor internal organizations to rank all projects (including CMPC), and perform integrated scoping activities to help ensure that projects are completed by their target date.
- Monitor and engage in ERCOT Stakeholder activities of the Planning Work Group (PLWG) and Regional Planning Group (RPG), including demonstrating the impact of improvement opportunities identified within Oncor, or changes proposed by other ERCOT Market Participants.
- Continually drive improvements in the transmission planning process including adopting or creating tools that improve efficiency, ensure data accuracy, and support transmission planning objectives.
- Collaborate with the Compliance team to ensure that all transmission system modeling and analysis meet NERC and ERCOT requirements. Build and/or improve, and maintain compliance tracking system that provides a direct linkage of planning activities to compliance requirements, with readily available access to supporting proof.
- Directs special studies such as Remedial Action Schemes analysis and recommendation, generation retirements, large load additions, Electric Vehicle adoption, or any other planning study needs.
- Coordinates with the Compliance Manager to ensure processes are followed and documentation produced as required by Regulatory Authorities such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), PUCT, NERC and Texas Reliability Entity (Texas RE) to satisfy regulatory reporting requirements and inquiries.
- Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with industry colleagues such as peer utility staff, ERCOT Staff and other ERCOT stakeholders' staff, to effectively resolve issues of common need and interests.
- Facilitate a high-performance team culture including hiring high-potential job candidates, providing mentoring to professionally develop team members, and demonstrating continuous improvement practices.
- Performs all essential aspects and functions of the job as well as any other specific job requirements.
Oncor Electric Delivery
1616 Woodall Rogers Freeway
Dallas
Texas United States
www.oncor.com
