Principal Transmission Planner

Company Summary Statement

As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. 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.

Overview

Under the general direction of the Supervisor of Transmission Planning, this position is responsible for identifying transmission investment opportunities both in the regulated and merchant transmission space.

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Responsibilities

- Oversees Transmission market primarily in PJM, MISO, NYISO and ISO-NE regions and identifies opportunities to invest in Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) driven competitive windows or merchant transmission opportunities

- Develops strategy and effective solutions to address needs identified by the RTO, states, and other stakeholders

- Works with transmission planning team members and consultants and develops proposal packages for competitive window submissions

- Performs and/or oversees relevant studies and power flow modelling work needed for developing transmission solutions

- Participates in business development activities including building and maintaining existing relations and expanding market opportunities.

- Develops business insights based on analysis of results and communicates key findings to leadership to facilitate data-driven decision making.

- Individual is recognized as a power industry subject matter expert and is actively engaged on industry technical and policy issues at FERC, NERC, NATF, various RTOs such as PJM / MISO / NYISO / ISO-NE, etc. such that they are readily able to help in developing investment strategies based on evolving energy policies, procedures, and standards

- May lead functional team or projects to achieve objectives and milestones and works closely with other work groups to effectively monitor changes and support successful project execution strategies. Focuses on project risks and implements appropriate courses of action to reduce risk.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science or related area of study, or equivalent experience gained through progressively greater responsibilities and

- 7+ years Minimum five years of work experience in the energy industry performing power flow studies

- Knowledge of current energy industry trends, policies, RTO processes, energy and capacity markets and applicable NERC standards

- Excellent communication skills – verbal, written, presentation

Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior experience of developing successful competitive transmission solutions for FERC Order 1000 competitive windows

- Experience working with RTOs

- Experience with the following programs or programs with similar function: PSSE, TARA, PROMOD, PSCAD, CAPE/ASPEN, etc.

- Experience with Python programming language

- MBA, Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a technical/quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Economics, Management Science, or Applied Mathematics