Pricing & Rates Coordinator or Project Lead

Columbus, NE, US,

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has an immediate opening for a Pricing & Rates Coordinator or Project Lead located at the Columbus General Office.

The incumbent is accountable for working independently with limited supervision to provide overall technical development, thorough analysis and project coordination of various pricing and rates projects. This includes a coordination role in the wholesale and retail embedded cost of service rate studies and the formula rate template for establishing transmission rates in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). The incumbent is also accountable for coordinating intra‑company teams as required to complete rate‑related projects.

Pricing & Rates Project Lead

The incumbent provides overall technical creation, project management, project team leadership, and strategic leadership of pricing and rates projects. This specifically means taking a leadership role in projects related to NPPD’s wholesale and retail cost of service/rate studies, formula rate template for establishing transmission rates in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), scenario planning/analysis, and research and development of new rates and rate methodologies.

It includes a project and strategic leadership role in developing pricing products in both regulatory and competitive markets.

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Business, Engineering or related field required.

Three (3) years of professional level experience in utility rates and pricing, utility billing, cost of service, rate design, revenue requirement determination, and/or competitive pricing.

Pricing & Rates Project Lead

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Business, Engineering, or related field required. Master’s degree in related area is preferred but not required.

Eight (8) years of professional level experience in utility rates and pricing, including cost of service, rate design, revenue requirement determination, and/or competitive pricing.

Demonstrated professional‑level analysis skills in a quantitative field such as rates, accounting, finance or engineering. Previous rate‑making experience is preferred.

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Provide technical development, project coordination, and completion of various wholesale and retail embedded cost of service rate studies and the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) formula rate template, including determination of revenue requirements, cost allocations and rate design.

Develop, create and provide analysis for existing and new wholesale and retail pricing products and rate studies based on regulatory and contractual requirements.

Provide assistance in interpreting rate schedules and policies and perform rate estimates and analyses for wholesale and retail customers and NPPD colleagues (Account Managers, Economic Development, Billing, Customer Services, etc.).

Collect, monitor, interpret and analyze data from SPP, accounting records, market research, load research, industry data and energy market data for use in pricing and rate projects.

Coordinate intra‑company teams as required to complete rate‑related projects. Provide rate training to NPPD colleagues as requested.

Assume leadership role in special projects and in the design of new rate products and services.

Pricing and Rates Project Lead

Provide technical development and strategic leadership on pricing and rates projects, including the management and preparation of NPPD’s General Firm Power Service (GFPS), Transmission (T‑2) Rate Studies, SPP Annual Update and True‑Up, Subtransmission Rate Study, and Retail Cost of Service. Identify and develop scenarios and impact analyses of, or propose revisions to, the SPP rate template related to SPP tariff language changes and/or new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders.

Coordinate the completion of the monthly SPP transmission shadow settlement process and lead the rate outlook planning process for transmission wheeling revenues and SPP revenues and expenses.

Provide complete management and team leadership on pricing and rates related projects. Take a leadership role in dealing with…