• Job Description

  Req#: 33713

  Agency: Illinois Commerce Commission
  Closing Date/Time: December 19, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
  Salary: $6,078 - $9,141 monthly
  Job Type: Professional
  County: Sangamon
  Number of Vacancies: 1
  Plan/BU: RC 63 paygrade 21

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  Colette Smith

  colette.smith@illinois.gov

  217-557-4206

  527 E. Capitol Ave. Springfield, IL 62701.

  To apply, submit a cover letter, resume, a universal bid form (if applicable), and college transcripts (photocopies or official) to: Illinois Commerce Commission, Human Resources Department, 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62701 on or before the close of business(5:00pm) on December 19, 2023. Please refer questions concerning this posting to Colette Smith at (217) 557-4206 (phone) or Colette.smith@illinois.gov (e-mail).

  Posting Identification #

  33713

  ICC Overview

  The ICC is made up of 2 main segments. The Bureau of Public Utilities and The Bureau of Transportation.

  Public Utility Services

  Through its Bureau of Public Utilities, the Commission oversees the provision of adequate, reliable, efficient and safe utility services at the least possible cost to Illinois citizens served by electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water and sewer public utility companies.

  Transportation Services

  Through its Bureau of Transportation, the Commission oversees public safety and consumer protection programs with regard to intrastate commercial motor carriers of general freight, household goods movers, relocation towers, safety towers, personal property warehouses and repossession agencies. The Commission’s Rail Safety Program also inspects and regulates the general safety of railroad tracks, facilities and equipment in the state.

  Job Responsibilities

  Under direction, in the Policy Division, reviews and analyzes federal and regional energy policy-related issues concerned with regulation of the electric and natural gas industries; provides expert witness testimony on policy related issues in docketed cases before the Commission.
  1. 25% Works closely with the established regional state committees—the Organization of Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (‘PJM”) States and the Organization of Midcontinent Independent System Operator (“MISO”) States.
  2. 20% Monitors, analyzes, and reports on current and emerging policy issues at the Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) level, including proposed reforms of regional electric energy, ancillary services and capacity market designs.
  3. 20% Monitors, analyzes, and reports on (1) RTO policy and governance initiatives; (2) regional and state economic effects of emerging energy technologies such as distributed generation, renewable energy, demand response and energy storage; and (3) regional electric resource and transmission modeling and planning.

  4. 10% Reviews Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) filings and prepares recommendations to the Commission for comments.

  5. 5% Monitors, reviews and analyzes utility and other party filings in docketed Commission cases; prepares and files expert witness testimony setting forth policy opinions and positions and presenting proposed adjustments; develops technical cross examination questions for adverse witnesses; assists in preparation of Staff pleadings.
  6. 5% Carries out a research agenda, including research and economic analysis, of federal and regional energy policy in the gas and electric industries.
  7. 5% Serves as a policy advisor to Administrative Law Judges and Commissioners in contested dockets, as assigned.
  8. 5% Provides policy analysis of state and federal legislation.
  9. 5% Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  Requires a master’s degree in economics, finance, public policy, or other closely related field. Significant additional experience may substitute for the advanced degree requirement. Superior oral and written English communication skills; and extensive knowledge of the personal computer and its related software programs and applications.

  Education Degree

  Requires a master’s degree in economics, finance, public policy, or other closely related field. Significant additional experience may substitute for the advanced degree requirement.

  Work Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday
  Work Location: 527 E. Capitol Ave. Springfield, IL 62701.
  Agency Contact:

  Colette Smith

  Email: colette.smith@illinois.gov

  Phone #:217-557-4206

  DO NOT APPLY ONLINE

  **DO NOT CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON**

  Submit all application materials to the contact below!

  Colette Smith

  colette.smith@illinois.gov

  217-557-4206

  527 E. Capitol Ave. Springfield, IL 62701.

  To apply, submit a cover letter, resume, a universal bid form (if applicable), and college transcripts (photocopies or official) to: Illinois Commerce Commission, Human Resources Department, 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62701 on or before the close of business(5:00pm) on December 19, 2023. Please refer questions concerning this posting to Colette Smith at (217) 557-4206 (phone) or Colette.smith@illinois.gov (e-mail).

  Posting Identification #

  33713

• About the company

  The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

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