Energy Data Acquisition Specialist

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $41 - $57 / hour

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

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California ISO

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1998

⚡ Energy

🏛️ Government

Energy • Government

California ISO is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that manages the flow of electricity across high-voltage, long-distance power lines, encompassing 80 percent of California's grid and a small portion of Nevada's. It operates a wholesale energy market, promoting competition and transparency in energy trading, and conducts transmission planning to identify grid expansion needs. The organization plays a crucial role in grid reliability and compliance, offering open access to the transmission grid and supporting resource adequacy for its participants. California ISO works with stakeholders in the energy market and offers various training and participation opportunities.

📋 Description

• Perform and provide technical support for configuration, testing, and implementation of revenue and telemetry metering equipment and processes • Interface with generator owners, developers, engineering companies, and utility representatives regarding power generation development and modifications for ISO markets • Inspect, document, certify, and ensure accurate data acquisition and control capacity for ISO metered and control entities • Support, maintain, and modify tariff and Business Practice Manual language related to revenue metering and telemetry policies and practices • Design, develop, and maintain telemetry and revenue metering standards involving PLC, RTU, DCS, EMS, SCADA, RIGs, and approved ISO meters • Assist market participants and engineering companies in troubleshooting design, development, and configuration issues • Research, evaluate, and develop technical solutions for tariff and BPM requirements, including resolving non-compliance issues • Support Full Network Model builds and New Resource Implementation deliverables for telemetry and revenue metering • Coordinate and analyze data for certification of resources participating in ISO markets and contractual resource reserves • Provide guidance and training to internal and external customers, ISO inspectors, and meter inspection companies • Create and maintain business processes, desktop procedures, and other internal and external documentation • Verify the integrity of resources certified for ancillary services, including testing coordination, test-data analysis, and resource testing database management • Represent the business unit as a subject matter expert for audits, installations, and configuration verifications • Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve real-time telemetry issues for the ISO control center

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology or related field • Equivalent years of education and training, plus two (2) or more years related experience • Experience as a utility industry meter technician or engineer desired • Experience with test equipment in high voltage substations and generating plants • Experience installing and/or programming revenue-grade meters used in meter data collection and calculation • Experience establishing metering solutions and applications for collecting meter data • Experience with regulations, standards, codes, methods, practices, and advanced engineering principles of electrical metering instrumentation for revenue metering • Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills • Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills • Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills • Ability to work independently under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations • Problem-solving skills and ability to influence others without direct authority • Ability to work effectively in a team environment • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite • Basic understanding of telecommunications software, hardware and circuitry as applied to WAN • Ability to configure internal and external analog modems • Ability to review and apply engineering concepts to electrical drawings, calculations, and specifications • Knowledge of SCADA software and telemetry technology • Understanding of AC/DC electrical theory using algebra and trigonometry • Ability to install and test meters and metering-related equipment, including utility meters, CTs, VTs, and free-standing metering devices • Proficiency using metering test equipment such as watt-hour test kits, burden testers, and phase sequence indicators • Understanding of telecommunications software, hardware, and circuitry • Strong background in the theory and application of current transformers, voltage transformers, and capacitive-coupled voltage devices for revenue metering • Understanding of different generator types, their ISO market participation, and system impact

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Hybrid or fully remote work capacity