| Purpose: |
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Plan, participate in and support Austin Energy's regulatory processes including accounting, reporting, planning, rate setting, expert testimony and other regulatory process requirements. |
| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Supports the budgeting, financial planning and forecasting process to ensure potential impacts of regulation and de-regulation are considered in these processes develop and present Austin Energy's rate filings for regulated services
- Monitors state and federal regulatory processes
- Oversees, monitor and participate in the state regulatory authorities processes including rule changes, workshops and projects
- Performs state and federal operational, fuel and financial reporting
- Testifies as an expert witness in rate proceedings and workshops before the state regulatory authority
- Conducts financial and economic analysis to include unbundling costs, stranded cost, decommissioning expense funding and other regulatory studies
- Develops models for use in cost of service studies and regulatory reports
- Liaisons with the technical staff of the state regulatory agency
- Provides research on regulatory/de-regulatory accounting and related issues
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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None.
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of regulatory processes at the state, federal and local level
- Knowledge of transmission revenue requirements, rate design and rate filing requirements
- Knowledge of the unbundling process and determination of unbundled costs to determine regulated prices and potential market prices
- Knowledge of potential financial, capital budgeting and operational impacts of transition to retail access for electric services
- Knowledge of utility regulation/de-regulation issues
- Knowledge of municipal utility finance and accounting
- Knowledge of competitive business practices and analysis
- Ability to understand and implement performance based measurements
- Ability to complete detailed financial analysis
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to testify in regulatory proceedings
- Skill in generating and analyzing financial and statistical reports
- Skill in communicating effectively, orally and in writing
- Skill in using computers and related software applications
- Skill in performing quantitative analysis
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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- Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to Accounting, Economics, or Finance, plus six (6) years of relevant work experience in utility and/or regulatory accounting or rate and regulatory processes.
- A Master's degree may substitute for two (2) years of experience
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| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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None.
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