Transmission Planning Advisor

Company: American Municipal Power, Inc
Location: Columbus
Posted on: May 14, 2025

Job Description:

AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER, INC.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

This position has the ability to report out of Columbus, OH (Hybrid) or remotely out of AMP's footprint

Position Title: Transmission Planning Advisor

Reports To: Vice President Transmission Regulatory Affairs

FLSA Status: Exempt

Basic Functions:

1. Mitigate AMP Members' transmission costs and represent AMP's Members' interests by participating in Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) and Transmission Owner (TO) transmission stakeholder and planning processes, primarily within PJM and MISO.

2. Analyze proposed transmission plans, assess and recommend alternative solutions.

3. Ensure AMP's Members' are treated equitably by their local transmission service providers.

Essential Functions:

1. Actively participate in RTO Regional and Local Transmission Planning Processes. Conduct necessary studies to review and evaluate RTO and TO regional and local transmission plans. Develop alternatives as appropriate. Develop and maintain strong working knowledge of regional and local transmission systems.

2. Actively participate in RTO stakeholder processes to advocate and make planning and process rule changes to ensure compliance with FERC Orders 890,1000, and 1920. Assess emerging RTO transmission planning issues and, in consultation with AMP subject matter experts, determine if proposed solutions would be favorable, unfavorable or neutral to AMP. Keep staff and AMP Members apprised of RTO issues.

3. Meet at least annually with each relevant Transmission Owner to review their transmission work plans, assess the impact of those plans on the AMP membership, and share any AMP Member needs for new facilities.

4. Build and maintain excellent relationships with RTO staff, stakeholder representatives, individual TO representatives and AMP Members.

5. Ensure AMP's Members' are treated equitably by their local transmission service providers

6. Facilitate interconnection process of new delivery points for AMP's Members and generator/load interconnection requests.

7. Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications:

1. A four-year accredited degree in electrical engineering required. Professional Engineer certification preferred.

2. Preferred to have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the RTO regional and local transmission planning processes.

3. Preferred to have prior experience with power system analysis software such as PSSE, PowerGEM, ProMod, MUST, etc.

4. Must have knowledge of RTO transmission planning models, processes, system operations, load forecasting, system reliability requirements.

5. Preferred knowledge of NERC, RTO and individual transmission owner planning criteria and guidelines, as well as FERC Form 715.

6. Must demonstrate a high degree of expertise in the use of software tools that produce items such as spreadsheets, written reports, database reports and graphical presentations (e.g., Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint).

7. Must possess excellent communication, presentation, diplomacy, active listening, and facilitation skills to effectively work in small or large group forums ranging from technical to non-technical audiences at all levels of the corporate hierarchy.

8. Must be willing to travel.

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