Regulatory Affairs and Rates Manager

Job Details

Job Details

Job Location:

Amarillo, TX 79101

Position Type:
Full Time

Job Title:

Regulatory Affairs & Rates Manager

Department:
Regulatory

Location:

Amarillo, TX; in-office

Employment Type:

Full Time;
Exempt

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. generates electricity for the purpose of delivering cost-effective and reliable power to our 16 Member Distribution Cooperatives. As a cooperative, we are not-for-profit and provide services exclusively for our Members. Our team values integrity, respect, cooperation, and service.

We are seeking a Regulatory Affairs & Rates Manager to lead rate development, transmission advocacy, and regulatory initiatives that impact Golden Spread and its Members. This position plays a key role in representing the organization before regional market operators and regulatory agencies while managing complex rate, transmission, and compliance-related projects. Ideal candidates are strategic thinkers with strong regulatory expertise, project management skills, and the ability to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

• Manage the rate development for Golden Spread products, including the development and implementation of rate design and related regulatory requirements.
• Provide regulatory project management & support to the Member Services & Finance Teams, including support on rate projects such as OATT filings, WPC revisions, and rate design.
• Lead the organization’s transmission-related regulatory and market advocacy activities before SPP and ERCOT and in related regulatory proceedings at the PUCT and FERC.
• Directly cover or ensure coverage of all GSEC transmission related advocacy and regulatory activities.
• Analyze transmission developments and identify alternative transmission strategies and tactics to assist the implementation of an overall transmission strategy.
• Report on significant transmission developments, coordinating with GSEC internal or outside legal counsel as needed.
• Interact effectively with external stakeholders and management, and other industry professionals to advance GSEC positions on transmission issues.
• Consistent with the scope described above, participate in regulatory meetings to inform the department on market advocacy issues and ensure consistency with overall regulatory strategy.
• Coordinate with Legislative & Regulatory Policy Manager and Senior Manager of Regulatory & Market Affairs to ensure consistency between advocacy positions and legislative and regulatory policy positions.
• Contribute to the regulatory department by developing comments, advocacy strategy, or leading projects in other regulatory proceedings or rule makings as assigned, including highly technical transmission and rate related activities.
• Manage rule makings and regulatory litigation concerning transmission and rate related issues in coordination with the Legislative and Regulatory Policy Manager.
• Lead transmission and rate-related proceedings at PUCT and FERC.
• Provide regulatory project management & support to the Power Delivery Team, including support on projects such as the Zonal Planning Criteria, Transmission Formula Rate cases, and ERCOT TCOS.
• Partner with the GSEC Compliance Department to manage compliance risk, assess rule impacts, support non-compliance investigations, and review potential self-reports and related documentation.
• Provide regulatory support to the Compliance Team for investigations, third-party risk management, and communications with regulatory bodies. This includes advising on investigations of all potential non-compliance, including review of potential self-reports and investigation documentation with a focus on the rules and regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

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