Utilities Specialist 1-3

Nunez Community College; Baton Rouge (LA); Presencial; USD 60 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Nunez Community College is seeking a Utilities Specialist to support regulation of Louisiana utility providers. The role includes reviewing applications and tariffs, ensuring compliance, and supporting rate and ownership reviews, as well as investigating consumer complaints and contributing to hearings when needed.

You will help advance the commission’s mission to balance fair returns for utilities with safe, reliable, and reasonably priced services for Louisiana customers.

Qualificações

• Three years of experience in utility regulation, financial operations, statistical analysis, economic research, compliance programs, or rate and tariff analysis.
• Or six years of full-time work experience in any field.
• Bachelor’s degree is required.

Responsabilidades

• Review requests for authority from Telecommunications Service Providers (TSPs) and evaluate compliance with LPSC Orders, Rules, and Regulations.
• Assist Legal Division in reviewing regulated provider applications for proper rate application and ownership changes.
• Maintain monthly bill comparisons for water and sewer utilities and distribute to Commissioners.
• Track enforcement notices from other regulatory agencies and inform Commissioners.
• May testify at LPSC hearings regarding water or wastewater dockets.
• Interpret Commission Orders related to provision of telecommunications services.
• Evaluate filings notifying changes of ownership or name changes for compliance.
• Review applications for authority from water and/or wastewater providers.
• Receive and investigate complaints about rates and services of regulated utilities.

Conhecimentos

Utility regulation

Financial operations

Statistical analysis

Economic research

Compliance programs

Rate and tariff analysis

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This position plays a key role in supporting the regulation of utility companies and common carriers across Louisiana. Responsibilities include providing technical and analytical support, reviewing applications and tariffs, ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting rate and ownership reviews, investigating consumer complaints, and contributing to hearings when needed.

In this role, you’ll help advance the Commission’s mission to balance fair returns for utilities with safe, reliable, and reasonably priced services for Louisiana customers.

• Three years of experience in utility regulation, financial operations, statistical analysis, economic research, compliance programs, or rate and tariff analysis or examining; OR
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR
• A bachelor's degree.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Review requests for authority from Telecommunications Service Providers (TSP’s). Evaluates the application and proposed tariff for compliance with all LPSC Orders, Rules, and Regulations. Works closely with the Petitioner to resolve any deficiencies, facilitating the application process to completion, including the issuance of a Certificate of Authority.
• Assists the Legal Division in the review of applications from regulated providers to ensure proper rate application, flow-through procedures, proposed changes of ownership/control, name changes, and assessment of fees in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, and ensures the utility submits any appropriate required compliance reports timely once a Commission order has been issued.
• Maintains monthly bill comparisons for water and sewer utilities for distribution to Commissioners and Staff.
• Maintains record of notices sent from other regulatory agencies detailing any type of enforcement action issued to a utility and tracks the company responses to these enforcement actions and send out notices of these actions to the Commissioners and their Executive Assistants.
• May testify at LPSC Hearings before an Administrative Law Judge with regard to any Water or Wastewater Utility docketed proceeding.
• Maintains a working knowledge and is able to interpret Commission Orders concerning the provision of telecommunications services.
• Evaluates filings from regulated TSPs that make notification of a proposed change of ownership or control, or a proposed change in corporate name, and ensures requests comply with all relevant LPSC Orders, Rules, and Regulations.
• Reviews applications for authority from Water and/or Wastewater Providers.
• Receives and investigates complaints regarding rates and services of telecommunications, water, wastewater, electric, or natural gas utilities regulated by the LPSC.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational and Promotional

Career Progression: This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG): Utilities Specialist 1-3. This position provides the opportunity to advance within the job series.

Work Schedule: Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday-Friday.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Sara Simpson

Louisiana Public Service Commission

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Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.