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AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER, INC.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This position has the ability to work remotely out of PA with travel to stakeholder meetings in Audubon, PA as needed

Position Title: Director PJM Regulatory Affairs

Reports To: Vice President Transmission & Regulatory Affairs

FLSA Status: Exempt

Basic Functions:

• Increase AMP’s presence and influence in the PJM stakeholder process and at FERC.

• Ensure AMP Members, subject matter experts, legislative personnel, and legal department regulatory personnel are apprised of latest PJM rules and requirements as well as providing input as new rules are developed. Address AMP subject matter experts’ (SMEs) questions regarding implementation of PJM rules and requirements.

Essential Functions:

1. Actively participate in PJM stakeholder meetings regarding capacity, energy and ancillary services market design, transmission, operations, governance, and reliability.

2. Establish personal credibility as an objective and knowledgeable expert on PJM rules and processes. Build and maintain excellent relationships with PJM staff and other stakeholder representatives. Form and lead coalitions to achieve outcomes favorable to AMP in the PJM stakeholder process.

3. Assess emerging PJM issues and, in consultation with AMP SMEs, determine if proposed solutions would be favorable, unfavorable or neutral to AMP.

4. Develop and implement strategies related to influencing, interpreting, and implementing the PJM rules and regulations. Coordinate these efforts with AMP SMEs, Legal, Government Affairs, and external entities.

5. Support AMP legal and outside counsel as PJM matters are taken up by FERC.

6. Keep staff and Members abreast of PJM issues which impact transmission, ancillary services, and wholesale capacity and energy markets.

7. Maintain proficiency on FERC Standards of Conduct.

8. Oversee and coordinate the work of consultants/partners/legal counsel.

9. Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications:

1. A four-year accredited degree in engineering, economics, science or business is preferred.

2. A minimum of 10 years of experience in some combination of the following is preferred: transmission operations and/or planning, electric power scheduling/trading, transmission tariff analysis, or regulatory affairs.

3. Preferred to have a minimum of 5 years of direct participation in the PJM stakeholder process.

4. Must have knowledge of the PJM stakeholder process and Robert’s Rules of Order.

5. Preferred to have knowledge of the capacity, energy and ancillary services market rules, market settlements, applicable FERC orders, applicable PJM and NAESB rules, and emerging generation and transmission technologies.

6. Preferred to have knowledge of PJM transmission planning process and criteria, system operations, load forecasting, and system reliability requirements.

7. Preferred to have knowledge of utility ratemaking practices, finance, accounting, power contracts, quantitative analysis, and economic theory.

8. Preferred to have knowledge of demand response/load curtailment rules.

9. Must demonstrate ability to build teams and drive multiparty consensus.

10. Must demonstrate a high degree of expertise in the use of software tools that produce items such as spreadsheets, written reports, database reports and graphical presentations (e.g., Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint).

11. Must possess excellent communication, presentation, diplomacy, active listening, and facilitation skills to effectively work in small or large group forums ranging from technical to non-technical audiences at all levels of the corporate hierarchy.

12. Must be willing to periodically work under high stress conditions.

13. Must be willing to travel.

14. Preference for a candidate within commuting distance of PJM’s headquarters (Audubon, PA).