Interconnection Project Manager
$128,320–$160,400 year
On-sitePortland, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Manage a specific region's interconnection portfolio with limited supervision, identifying and securing interconnection positions for greenfield wind, solar, and storage sites. Coordinate siting of interconnection and transmission facilities while overseeing technical screening studies to determine interconnection feasibility. Review, negotiate, and coordinate execution of LGIP-related agreements, and identify and communicate risks associated with each interconnection queue. Serve as the primary contact with transmission providers and Independent System Operators, implementing interconnection strategies from submittal through operation. This senior-level role supports Avangrid's Commercial, Organic Growth, Asset Management, and Policy groups to enhance project value.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years in the independent generation development or transmission utility business
- good commercial experience
- engineering, transmission and/or generation development expertise
- experience interfacing with Independent System Operators and Transmission Owners in a specific region on generation interconnections
- responding to such requests from a transmission owner perspective
- having performed third-party analysis to assist in determining feasibility of interconnection scenarios
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in engineering, business or related field
- Minimum 6 years of industry experience in the following: generation development, interconnections, transmission planning or utility operations, and/or power marketing
- Experience and transmission system knowledge of ISO
- Excellent communication skills
- analytical skills
- Ability to travel and support site prospecting and/or project development activities
Desired Qualifications
- experience in the non-organized WECC, ERCOT, and SERC markets
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