Director, Transmission and Interconnection

Company Overview

Treaty Oak Clean Energy (Treaty Oak) is a utility-scale clean energy platform headquartered in Austin, Texas, focused on developing, commercializing, constructing, and operating utility-scale solar plus battery storage projects in targeted U.S. energy markets. Our mission is to create a sustainable future by providing clean, low-cost energy solutions to the grid, benefiting energy consumers, communities, and generations to come.

Treaty Oak features an experienced management team with a track record of developing and commercializing 10 GW+ of utility-scale power projects and a collective 100+ years' experience across critical competencies, including power markets, offtake structuring, design, engineering and real estate, with such expertise being put towards our 15+ GW portfolio of utility scale renewable energy projects across the U.S., including 485 MW of in-construction and operational projects.

Treaty Oak is a wholly-owned portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management (Macquarie), one of the world's largest infrastructure managers with $600 billion under management, pairing Treaty Oak's renewables development expertise with Macquarie's capital backing and global leadership in advancing the energy transition.

The Role

Treaty Oak is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director, Transmission and Interconnection, to join our team. The successful candidate will demonstrate deep industry knowledge, superior communication skills, and detail-oriented organizational abilities. This role reports to the VP, Transmission and Interconnection and plays a critical part in leading interconnection strategy and execution for utility-scale solar and storage projects across multiple ISO and vertically integrated markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects through the interconnection process from project inception through Commercial Operation for utility-scale solar and storage projects in ISO markets (SPP preferred) and vertically integrated markets (WECC preferred).

• Evaluate transmission and interconnection strategies, tariffs, integrated resource plans, costs, timelines, queue positions, and processes across a variety of markets; provide strategy and recommendations to project teams.

• Coordinate all interconnection requirements including applications, studies, agreements, and post-IA project execution milestones.

• Negotiate interconnection study results and interconnection agreements with utilities toward favorable project outcomes.

• Lead communication and build relationships with utilities and ISOs; track interconnection progress to ensure timely and cost-effective project completion.

• Identify optimal interconnection locations in target markets based on cross-functional siting criteria.

• Track changes to interconnection tariffs, business practice manuals, and key transmission upgrades in target markets.

• Drive high-involvement participation in stakeholder and regulatory processes, representing the company in proceedings and working groups.

• Manage and coordinate consultant engagement across interconnection and transmission work streams.

• Apply proficiency in Greenfield development and M&A processes to support project evaluation and acquisition diligence.

• Collaborate on interconnection milestones with cross-functional teams including Development, Land, Legal, Permitting, Finance, Procurement, HV Engineering, and Construction.

• Track milestones in interconnection agreements, security postings, and coordinate utility meetings for project design, engineering, procurement, and construction.

• Ability to read and negotiate complex legal contracts including Interconnection Agreements, Oversight Transfer Agreements, Facility Construction Agreements, Engineering and Procurement Agreements.

• Independently perform injection capacity studies, review powerflow cases, analyze contingency analysis results using a powerflow software

Education and Qualifications

• 8-10 years of relevant experience in interconnection, project development, or transmission planning.

• Experience at an IPP, utility, ISO/RTO, or consulting firm is required.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.

Technical Skills

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