Contract Origination Analyst - Central (Power) Procurement Entity

Requisition ID # 164965

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview:

The Energy Policy and Procurement (EPP) organization procures energy-related products and manages PG&E’s policy activities for energy proceedings, actively participating in regulatory and legislative proceedings that shape the design and implementation of state, regional, and federal energy regulations, and policy. In addition, EPP is responsible for long-term planning, risk management, and compliance functions related to PG&E’s energy portfolio.

The Central Procurement Entity (CPE) team is responsible for the procurement of wholesale energy and capacity products to support local reliability of California’s electric grid on behalf of the company’s electric distribution customers. The CPE team structures, negotiates, and manages various procurement solicitations and power purchase contracts for a wide variety of resource technologies, including renewable energy, energy storage and distributed energy resources to help California meet its energy policy objectives at minimum cost.

Position Summary:

As a key contributor to the CPE team, this individual will provide support to senior team members as they administer various procurement solicitations through Requests for Offers (RFOs), negotiate commercial terms and conditions of energy contracts, execute commercial procurement activities, provide timely reporting to the CPE team and EPP senior leadership on status of negotiations, and contribute to other areas of the company's central energy procurement efforts. This role will work closely with other teams including Contract Management, Settlements and Reporting (back office), Short Term Electric Supply (front office), Law, Market and Credit Risk Management (middle office), and Regulatory Affairs. This role will also work with external parties including, but not limited to, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), CPUC Load Serving Entities (LSEs), California Independent System Operator (CAISO), project developers, electric generator owners, and energy capacity brokers. Success in this position will require the ability to self-motivate, influence the work of others and work across teams throughout the organization. This person will bring a passion for commercial excellence and customer service to help the CPE transact across multiple energy products.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland, CA.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $102,000

Bay Area Maximum: $162,000

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