Senior Electric Div Manager Resources SVP
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Management
Operations Manager, Financial Manager, Program / Project Manager
Overview
The City of Santa Clara is a charter city committed to delivering a high quality of life through resourceful, efficient, progressive, and professional leadership. Santa Clara operates under a Council-Manager form and serves residents and businesses with innovative solutions. The city manages core municipal services and several specialized entities, including Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, and the Santa Clara Convention Center.
SVP is the municipal electric utility powering Santa Clara with a focus on reliability, sustainability, and performance excellence. The City’s energy strategy includes substantial growth, renewable resources, and leadership in Western energy markets.
The PositionLead SVP’s 16-person Resource Management Division, acquiring, managing, and optimizing a reliable, affordable, and sustainable power-supply portfolio. The role reports to the Assistant Electric Utility Director/Electric Utility Director and oversees resource planners, analysts, traders, contract administrators, and compliance specialists. Core mission: develop and execute long-term strategies that meet reliability, sustainability, and affordability standards while maximizing value in CAISO and Western energy markets.
KeyAccountabilities & Qualifications
- Develop long-term resource strategy to meet reliability, affordability, sustainability, and regulatory goals.
- Lead IRP processes and modeling (e.g., PLEXOS).
- Oversee energy budget, load, RA, REC forecasting, GHG accounting, and analytics.
- Improve portfolio modeling, forecasting methods, and data reporting.
- Manage short- and mid-term portfolio positions to optimize assets and meet load obligations.
- Oversee market operations, hedging, trading, RA transactions, CRRs, hydro optimization, and outage coordination.
- Ensure prudent risk management across trading and market activities.
- Represent SVP in regional and statewide industry groups and regulatory forums.
- Track and respond to legislative/regulatory issues affecting SVP (CAISO, FERC, CPUC, CEC, CARB, WECC).
- Coordinate positions, analysis, and advocacy for SVP’s interests.
- Evaluate resource proposals for value and portfolio fit.
- Lead PPA and procurement contract negotiations.
- Manage RFPs and supplier relationships.
- Monitor market conditions, LMP pricing, and project trends.
- Ensure timely, accurate completion of all resource-related compliance filings.
- Oversee compliance with CAISO, CARB, CEC, WAPA, FERC, CPUC, WECC, and other requirements.
- Maintain documentation and audit support.
- Oversee administration and life-cycle management of portfolio contracts.
- Manage interconnection, generation, transmission, MSS, and PPA agreements.
- Supervise consultant contracts to ensure alignment with portfolio needs.
- Lead initiatives to improve efficiency, reliability, and effectiveness of the division.
- Oversee software upgrades, data/reporting improvements, asset analysis, and training programs.
- Drive team innovation and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned energy industry leader with deep expertise in resource planning, procurement, and portfolio management who can guide a 16-person team and ensure SVP delivers a reliable, affordable, and sustainable power supply. They excel at navigating complex regulatory and market environments while effectively representing SVP’s interests with JPAs, regulators, and external stakeholders.
- Experience
- 12–20+ years in electric utility resource planning, power trading, portfolio management, or procurement.
- Direct experience in CAISO markets and the California regulatory environment.
- Proven track record leading resource or trading teams (preferably 10+ people).
- Hands-on experience negotiating large PPAs and managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios.
- Prior leadership role inside a California publicly owned utility (POU), Joint Powers Agency, or IOU strongly preferred.
- Technical & Analytical Skills
- Advanced user (or former user) of PLEXOS or comparable production-cost models (Aurora, Grid…
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