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Company Summary Statement

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, are regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 334,000 natural gas and 433,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 569,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia. LG&E and KU are major employers and active supporters of the communities they serve. They empower employees, community members and initiatives across their service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability and wellbeing.

Overview

This position performs engineering analysis of the LG&E and KU transmission system, which includes identifying system constraints, evaluating potential solutions, and recommending projects or operating guides to mitigate the constraints.

Position to be filled at the Engineer I, II, III, or Principal level based upon applicant's qualifications and background.

Responsibilities

• Build dynamic and steady state computer models of the interconnected transmission system that represent the near-term and long-term planning horizon.

• Analyze steady state power flow and dynamic simulations in accordance with the LG&E and KU Transmission Planning Guidelines, which incorporates the NERC TPL-001 reliability standard, to identify areas of improvement.

• Support the Independent Transmission Organization (ITO) in the performance of Generator Interconnection (GI) and Transmission Service Request (TSR) studies.

• Contribute to GI and TSR queue reform keeping in line with advancing industry standards and practices.

• Identify and recommend transmission projects to reliably serve customers at the lowest reasonable cost.

• Prepare compliance documentation and identify evidence to be used in audits for compliance with NERC Reliability standards.

• Participate in various reliability and regulatory study groups as assigned.

• Provide engineering support to other groups as necessary.

• Serve as a liaison between Transmission Strategy & Planning and the ITO.

• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in required.

Preferred Experience

• Proficient in mathematics and the use of Microsoft Office products.

• Some experience using Python programming language.

• Good interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills. Reasonable business acumen.

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering.

• Five (5) years of experience in Transmission planning, building power system models and evaluating power flow and stability/dynamics data, using diverse programming languages.

• Experience with protection schemes, communications networks and protocols, and equipment commissioning.

• Excellent ability to navigate interpersonal relationships to bring disparate technical groups towards one goal.

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Required Qualifications

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in required.

Preferred Experience

• Proficient in mathematics and the use of Microsoft Office products.

• Some experience using Python programming language.

• Good interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills. Reasonable business acumen.

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering.

• Five (5) years of experience in Transmission planning, building power system models and evaluating power flow and stability/dynamics data, using diverse programming languages.

• Experience with protection schemes, communications networks and protocols, and equipment commissioning.

• Excellent ability to navigate interpersonal relationships to bring disparate technical groups towards one goal.

#LG&EKU

#INDLGE

• Build dynamic and steady state computer models of the interconnected transmission system that represent the near-term and long-term planning horizon.

• Analyze steady state power flow and dynamic simulations in accordance with the LG&E and KU Transmission Planning Guidelines, which incorporates the NERC TPL-001 reliability standard, to identify areas of improvement.

• Support the Independent Transmission Organization (ITO) in the performance of Generator Interconnection (GI) and Transmission Service Request (TSR) studies.

• Contribute to GI and TSR queue reform keeping in line with advancing industry standards and practices.

• Identify and recommend transmission projects to reliably serve customers at the lowest reasonable cost.

• Prepare compliance documentation and identify evidence to be used in audits for compliance with NERC Reliability standards.

• Participate in various reliability and regulatory study groups as assigned.

• Provide engineering support to other groups as necessary.

• Serve as a liaison between Transmission Strategy & Planning and the ITO.

• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Remote Work

The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our company is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify, genetic information, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.