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Basin Electric Power Cooperative · 8 hours ago

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER III or SR - DELIVERY SERVICES

Bismarck, ND

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Basin Electric Power Cooperative is seeking an Electrical Engineer III or SR to join their team in Bismarck, ND. This role involves managing long-term transmission delivery services, ensuring compliance with NERC, and providing engineering solutions for load and generation metering across multiple transmission providers.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsible for implementing, maintaining and accurately reporting the long-term transmission delivery services and ancillary service arrangements of BEPC's member power requirement needs

Implements the acquisition of long-term power transmission/wheeling/ancillary service resources through active interaction with transmission providers' transmission tariffs and transmission Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)

Determine the optimum long term Cooperative's transmission/ancillary service portfolio for maximizing the Cooperative's ability to serve load obligations, assessing availability and cost of transmission utilized in power supply planning and understanding/interpreting the rules promulgated by MRO, WECC, NERC, NAESB, MISO, SPP, RMR and FERC regarding accreditation issues and transmission access

Effectively maintain, report, and submit BEPC's NERC and RTO compliance activities related to long-term transmission delivery services and ancillary services

Responsible to implement and communicate the BEPC Member's load interconnection process associated with Member's interconnections with SPP, MISO or other transmission providers as necessary for BEPC and Member's new load interconnections

Implement and maintain the BEPC loads by delivery point and provide accurate load data to transmission service providers and long-term planning models

Accurately implements and maintains the BEPC/Western co-supplied Membership load Pnode/EPnode loads split percentage to the SPP and MISO network models

Responsible for maintaining a successful BEPC facility credit process as developed with the applicable Member's transmission facilities

Effectively work and communicate with Member's, SPP, MISO and other transmission providers in understanding and implementing procedures and processes

Assist with supporting the development of strategies in the furtherance of the cooperatives near and long-term business objectives and for providing a centralized enterprise-wide view to address and develop strategies for the future success of the business to benefit the Cooperative and its member/owners

Develop and maintain the Basin Electric’s Meter policy, including requirements and specifications, and economically budgeting and performing cost allocation reporting of the installation, operating and maintenance of meter inventory

Maintain and calculate meter electrical attributes, including transformer and transmission line loss compensation calculations and other electrical engineering calculations, of load and generation meters

Develop and maintain Basin Electric’s Metering Services Agreements with Members, RTOs and other industry counterparts as required

Economically coordinate and maintain with Engineering and Transmission System Maintenance on meter attributes programming, installation and annual meter calibration maintenance on meter inventory and reporting

Troubleshoot Member Revenue meter issues and develop engineering solutions to accurate measure loads and generation

Read electrical-one lines and understand electrical specifications

Evaluate and report, on an as-needed basis, with consultants, members, transmission providers on the technical and economic conditions supporting the various member power supply deliveries, resource expansions and interconnections, long-term power sale/purchases, and completion of required regulatory filings

Understand Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) principles and FERC open-access regulations impacting transmission service administration, ancillary service management, and tariff compliance

Provide analytical support, including data collection, interpretation, and reporting to inform business decisions

Synthesize complex data sets into actionable insights and present findings clearly to stakeholders

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Electrical engineeringNERC complianceTransmission delivery servicesOpen Access Transmission TariffsData analysisMicrosoft Office SuitePlanningProceduresCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree from an Engineering Accreditation Board/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET) accredited electrical engineering program

6 years of related electrical engineering experience in the electric utility industry

A valid driver's license

Occasional travel required

Preferred

A Professional Engineering (PE) registration

Company

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

OUR MISSION We provide wholesale energy and services to our member-owners.

Founded in 1961

Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.basinelectric.com/

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