Utilities Planning Manager

Overview

The City of Colton has an immediate opening for a Utilities Planning Manager in the Electric Department. Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply ASAP as the position may close at any time. First review of applications will be on October 9, 2025.

Description: Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Utility Operations, plan, direct, supervise, and review the development of wholesale power supply resources; manage and participate in activities to the City’s power resources; implement cost effective wholesale purchasing strategies; provide complex administrative, professional and technical support to the Assistant Director; and perform related work as assigned.

The Utilities Planning Manager is the professional classification responsible for leading the analysis of the Electric Utility resources, state, local, and federal reporting functions, renewable energy reporting functions, settlement activities, and electric utility accounting. This class is distinguished from the Utility Resource Analyst by its emphasis on electric utility resource power acquisition, financial planning for electric and legislative and regulatory analysis.

Exercises technical and functional supervision over professional, technical and clerical staff.

The following duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Assist the Assistant Director in the development of criteria and assumptions for system resource planning and analyses.
• Develop financial forecasts for the Electric Utility Department and tracks budgeted versus forecasted expenditures.
• Develop strategies to reduce energy costs to maximize utilization of City-owned energy resources and to minimize cost to rate payers.
• Perform market analysis and resources optimization.
• Participate in ongoing stakeholder processes for various market initiatives; provide recommendations related to long term procurement of energy, transmission and gas.
• Keep abreast of development of state and federal level of legislative and regulatory topics that have impact to the Utility.
• Manages and plans wholesale and retail energy procurement services and activities within the Department; implements and evaluates goals, objectives and practices relating to the provision of effective use of the utility’s power resources.
• Participate in transaction analysis and CAISO settlement activities.
• Review and reconcile power bills, generation costs and energy deliveries.
• Prepare and submit compliance and regulatory reports.
• Works with the conservation group to evaluate the cost effectiveness of different conservation and DSM programs.
• Keep abreast of different filings, attend legislative and regulatory meetings representing the Department before the Air Resources Board, Southern California Public Power Authority, California Energy Commission, California Independent System Operator, and other regulatory agencies.
• Manage the purchase/sale of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) carbon allowances and develop bidding and purchasing strategies to acquire these allowances.
• Manage the purchase/sell of Resources Adequacy and/or Renewable Energy Credits.
• Assists in the development, administration and monitoring of the Department budget.
• Works and coordinates efforts of outside legal counsel and energy consultants on regulatory and legal matters.
• Assists in the development of short-term and long-term strategic plans.
• Work closely with the Electric Engineering Division to develop long-term capital requirements.
• Assist with coordination of City efforts to obtain renewable resources in accordance with applicable legislation and City goals.
• Gather monthly load data; create spreadsheets to calculate system load factor data, peak demand, and other operating data.
• Administer the electric utility rate study, and integrated resources plan.
• Prepare agenda items for City…