Power Coordinator - T​/S

Requisition : 96702

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Our Systems Operations Department in the Power Delivery Business Unit is seeking a Power Coordinator 1 to join their team based in Miami, FL. This role serves as the Balancing and Interchange Operator for FPL Balancing Authority, which is responsible for scheduling and dispatching resources to economically balance load and generation in order to meet real-time system conditions. Experience with control center operations, power plant operations or protection and controls of high voltage systems are highly preferred.

This job is responsible for scheduling and dispatching resources to economically balance load and generation in order to meet real-time system conditions and to comply with applicable regulatory requirements and NERC reliability standards. Employees in this role evaluate and approve OASIS requests and Tags for performing energy accounting functions. This position performs next-day generation planning function and certain system operator functions whenever the on-shift System Operator is away from desk.

• Performs load forecast in order to optimize the generation dispatch mix
• Projects dispatch needs for the hours-ahead and update the Dispatch Plan to ensure sufficient generation resources are available to meet generation requirements while minimizing production costs
• Runs Economy A program to provide EMT with generation and cost projections to be used for economy purchases and sales
• Dispatches economically the generation resources in real-time to minimize cost and maintain load-generation balance in the balancing area
• Coordinates committing, decommiting and outages of power plants with System Operators and PGBU
• Ensures rapid recovery from loss of generation to comply with NERC requirements
• Verifies all purchases, sales and wheeling schedules in the interchange transaction system
• Performs hourly and on-peak/off-peak energy accounting functions with adjacent balancing authorities
• Determines, develops, provides, and submits/modifies monthly Tags for dynamic schedules
• Ability to meet attendance and storm duty requirements
• Ability to work extended hours
• Ability to work a varied schedule/rotating shift/evening/weekends/holidays as required
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

• High School Grad / GED
• Associate's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience:
  
  3+ years

• Bachelor's - Engineering
• Bachelor's Degree

Next Era Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.

Employee Group:
Exempt

Employee Type:
Full Time

Job Category:
Operations

Organization:
Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided:
No

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