Natural Gas Transportation Specialist (hybrid)

Company Summary Statement

Rhode Island Energy provides essential energy services to over 770,000 customers across Rhode Island through the delivery of electricity or natural gas. Our team is dedicated to helping Rhode Island customers and communities thrive while supporting the transition to a cleaner energy future. Rhode Island Energy is part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient, and more dynamic power grids and advancing sustainable energy solutions. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.

The Rhode Island Energy Natural Gas Transportation Specialist position is a hybrid role responsible for the daily scheduling of natural gas supplies on upstream interstate pipelines and storage providers to reliably serve the company’s utility customers in accordance with company procedures.

- Plays a key role in a newly formed organization to develop upstream interstate pipeline nomination and scheduling procedures and systems.

- Understands contractual rights and types of services as defined by the interstate pipeline tariffs and apply those concepts to the scheduling process.

- Nominates and confirms natural gas flows on interstate pipeline electronic bulletin boards (“EBBs”) and in compliance with relevant Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations.

- Identifies and posts on interstate pipeline EBBs transportation and storage capacity that is available for release or subject to the company’s mandatory capacity assignment program.

- Monitors daily information on pipeline EBBs including scheduled v. actual flows and changes or cuts to scheduled volumes.

- Actively reconciles, manages, and mitigates any volume imbalances resulting from differences between nominated and confirmed volumes.

- Research and become knowledgeable of contractual rights and types of services as defined by the interstate pipeline tariffs and be able to apply those concepts to best practices for Gas Scheduling.

- Ensures all scheduling activities and interstate pipeline tariff information are fully captured, documented, and summarized in the company’s gas management system for accounting and billing purposes.

- Acts as a primary contact with company’s accounting function in support of month close processes.

- In conjunction with Manager of Physical Trading and Scheduling, develop daily and monthly plans to optimize company’s upstream interstate pipeline transportation and storage contracts.

- Provide training to other Gas Procurement team members with respect to gas scheduling and usage of internal and external EBBs.

- Maintains business relationships with various counterparties to identify opportunities for the company

As a Senior level Natural Gas Transportation Specialist, you will be responsible for:

- Developing scheduling training processes and procedures.

- Identify pipeline and storage transactions to optimize the company’s gas supply resource portfolio in accordance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

This position will be filled at appropriate level based on the qualified candidate's background, education and experience.

- Minimum two years of gas scheduling experience for a natural gas market participant.

- Three to five years of overall energy market experience preferably in gas supply/procurement.

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or equivalent combination of education and experience on a year for year basis is required

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with counterparties.

- Must possess excellent problem solving and analytical skills to work in this data intensive position.

- Must have the ability to work with detailed natural gas price and gas contract data; possess skills that enable candidate to work in a fast-paced environment yet ensure overall quality and accuracy of work product.

- Must be able to work in a team environment and particularly with the trading team to help optimize interstate pipeline flows on a daily basis.

- Must develop working knowledge of various computer models, database applications and complex Excel spreadsheet models.

- Must be willing to have a flexible schedule including weekend and evening hours.

- Must be willing to provide on-call coverage, as needed.