This position is part of the Western Area Power Association. As a Public Utilities Specialist (Rates), you will be responsible for assisting in the development and preparation of power, transmission, and ancillary service rates, service charges and fees, rate adjustment proceedings, project repayment studies, and related forecasts, allocations, strategies, and industry evaluations.
[Be concise. Avoid Federal jargon. Write one duty per bullet. Do not list minor duties (limit to 6-8 major duties). Use plain language.] As a Public Utilities Specialist (Rates), you will: Assists with the development and preparation of power repayment studies, annual rate, charge, and fee calculations, strategies, or other analysis for the Region by gathering, compiling, and formatting cost, revenue, and load data.
Analyzes historical costs, revenues, loads, industry trends, or other factors that may affect power, transmission, and ancillary services rates, repayment, or methodologies. Estimates future costs, revenues, loads, or other factors utilizing historical trends and future plans for forecasts. Prepares revenue distribution allocations for annual ancillary services and other charge and fee updates using appropriate project expense splits.
Ensures consistency of repayment data, budget data, and financial records, including transfers between power systems, to ensure that revenues are sufficient to meet project repayment obligations and that rates are fair and equitable.
For this position, education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-12 level. If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Reasonable Accommodation Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application.
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If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement.
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This position is with Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $61722 – $129742/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-22.
There are 3 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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