Transmission Planning Engineer , II, III IV or Senior

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Position Description Performs technical transmission planning functions including development of power flow base cases, conducting contingency analyses, evaluating analysis results, modeling and evaluating alternative solutions to mitigate identified issues, performing transient stability simulations, ensuring compliance with NERC Planning Standards and WECC System Performance Criteria , and recommending projects based on planning studies.

Position-Related Responsibilities
· Develops long range transmission plans in compliance with NERC Planning Standards, WECC System Performance Criteria, and TEP requirements to meet capital budget and applicable regulatory requirements.
· Develops and evaluates requirements, specifications, and optimum alternatives for EHV and HV transmission and substation facilities for planning and budgeting purposes.
· Coordinates with Engineering, System Control & Reliability, Engineering Project Management, Land & Environmental and other groups to facilitate a clear understanding of transmission system issues, thereby developing technical and economically feasible solutions.
· Develops and updates TEP's EHV and HV transmission planning process and guidelines for long term planning.
· Performs engineering analysis of future EHV and HV transmission requirements.
· Develops and maintains an effective level of expertise and understanding of applicable NERC Planning Standards, WECC System Performance Criteria, and TEP criteria. Ensures that standards, criteria, and requirements are understood and consistently applied.
· Develops and maintains an effective level of expertise in the use of power flow, transient and voltage stability, and other related applications and databases as required to perform transmission planning duties.
· Performs transmission system Feasibility, System Impact and other studies related to generator and transmission interconnection requests, and/or transmission service requests, in accordance with the TEP or UNSE Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). This activity involves timely coordination of multiple requests with the transmission coordinator and personnel in the Legal, Engineering, System Control & Reliability, Land & Environmental and Engineering Project Management areas.

Directs professional consultants who conduct these studies.
· Performs administrative duties associated with maintaining TEP’s generator interconnection cluster.
· Coordinates with WECC, customers, and other appropriate entities on development, testing, validation and implementation of FACTS, renewable generator, composite load, and other models for use in power flow, transient stability, voltage stability, and other related applications. Provides technical support for customer inquiries regarding renewable technology and TEP requirements.
· Performs review and commissioning of site-specific grid interconnections for renewable technologies and provides oversight for industry standards and policies to ensure safe and reliable operation on the TEP transmission system.
· Conducts or directs professional consultants in studies of individual or cumulative impacts of renewable generation design and operating characteristics on the stable operation of the transmission system.
· Provides required data in a timely and accurate manner.
· Participates in regional transmission planning activities with WECC, regional and sub-regional planning groups, and other utilities in accordance with applicable FERC regulations.
· Provides technical support as necessary for TEP's involvement in Open Access Transmission Tariff.
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