Sr Manager, Rates and Cost of Service

Title: Sr Manager, Rates and Cost of Service

Company
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Tampa Electric Company

Location: Midtown East Tower

State and City: Florida - Tampa

Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days

Hiring Manager: Penelope Rusk

Recruiter: Mark Koener

The Sr Manager Rates and Cost of Service manages the development of Tampa Electric’s Cost of Service Study, retail and wholesale customer rates, and all related analyses including new rates. Functions in a highly visible leadership role and serves as a subject matter expert on cost classification, cost allocation, and rate design. Serves as a key contributor within Regulatory Affairs and on high-impact inter-departmental project teams.

Develops new rates and tariffs to reflect changes in customer or company preference, technology, and load growth. Provides the Regulatory Affairs’ perspective and guidance on the financial implications of new policies, customer offerings, rate design, and company or regulator’s decisions.

• Cost of Service Study (20%)
• Leads Tampa Electric’s Cost of Service Study to determine the allocation of Tampa Electric’s costs across the company’s rate classes.
• Leads and conducts scenario analyses for company Officers and senior management.
• Evaluates alternative classification and allocation methodologies and remains informed on what other utilities are proposing and implementing across the country. Serves as the company’s cost of service subject matter expert, which requires direct communication with executive leadership alongside direct communication with FPSC and FERC Staff.
• Provides guidance on whether new methodologies to achieve strategic company objectives are allowed under state regulations, feasible, and correctly calculated. Implements new and innovative methodologies when appropriate.
• Manages ad hoc project assignments.
• Retail rates (20%)
• Manages the determination of Tampa Electric’s retail base rates and service charges.
• Oversees and conducts analyses to make recommendations to senior leadership on rate design.
• Stays abreast of proposed or implemented political and policy changes that impact Tampa Electric’s customers and the company’s rate structure.
• Manages and provides expert opinion on tariff inquiries from both inside and outside of the company regarding proper rate schedule, price, service level, and other rules and requirements. Serves as a subject matter expert regarding rates.
• Leads cross-departmental teams to conduct analyses and ensure proper implementation of changes to the company’s rate structure and rates.
• Provides guidance on whether new rates to achieve strategic company objectives are allowed under state regulations, feasible, and correctly calculated. Develops new rates and implements new, innovative rates when appropriate.
• Transmission rates and/or wholesale rates (20%)
• Manages Tampa Electric’s transmission formula rates model and the company’s emergency energy pricing model.
• Reviews responses to intervening parties’ interrogatories and data requests. Defends Tampa Electric’s position. Works with the group’s Director, Tampa Electric’s external attorneys, and intervening parties to negotiate and arrive at mutually agreeable resolutions to any issues.
• Explains model inputs and outputs to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Staff.
• Leads cross-departmental teams to explore the financial viability of potential wholesale deals and makes recommendations to senior leadership on the appropriate prices to charge.
• Regulatory Affairs matters (20%)
• Participates in workshops, hearings, and agenda conferences at the Florida Public Service Commission. Interacts directly…