NERC Compliance Engineer

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What The Role Is

Reporting to the Head of Operations Engineering, the NERC Compliance Engineer provides technical expertise in support of electrical regulatory compliance for Clearway’s fleet of Battery Energy Storage, Solar, and Wind generating facilities. This role is the primary technical liaison between the Electrical Regulatory Compliance (ERC) team and Power Systems Engineering, translating NERC Reliability Standards into engineering action and ensuring plant designs, settings, and operating practices stay in compliance. The role focuses on NERC PRC, FAC, and MOD standards related to plant design and performance, and requires enough fluency with power system modeling concepts to coordinate effectively with Engineering — without performing modeling directly. The position requires a minimum of five years of experience in the power generation, transmission, or distribution sectors and is based in Scottsdale, AZ.

What You'll Be Doing

Technical Liaison Between ERC and Engineering

• Serve as the primary technical liaison between the Electrical Regulatory Compliance (ERC) team and Power Systems Engineering, managing regulatory requirements with audit-ready compliance evidence.
• Partner with plant operations, asset management, and project engineering to ensure NERC compliance obligations are built into plant design, commissioning, and ongoing operations.
• Represent Operations Engineering in cross-functional compliance meetings, internal audits, and NERC Regional Entity engagements.
• Escalate compliance risks or engineering gaps identified during reviews to ERC and Operations Engineering leadership in a timely manner.

NERC Standards Compliance Management

Manage the technical compliance lifecycle — monitoring, evaluation, and evidence management — for the NERC PRC, FAC, and MOD Reliability Standards related to plant design and performance, including standards specific to Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) such as solar, wind, and battery energy storage:

• PRC-019 – Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection
• PRC-027 – Coordination of Protective Systems for Performance During Faults
• PRC-028 – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for Inverter-Based Resources
• PRC-029 – Frequency and Voltage Ride-Through Requirements for Inverter-Based Resources (successor to PRC-024)
• PRC-030 – Unexpected Inverter-Based Resource Event Mitigation
• PRC-002 – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting
• FAC-008 – Facility Ratings
• MOD-025 – Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability
• MOD-026 – Verification of Models and Data for Plant Volt/Var Control Functions
• MOD-027 – Verification of Models and Data for Active Power/Frequency Control Functions
• MOD-032 – Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis

PRC-004 (Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction) and PRC-005 (Protection System, Automatic Reclosing, and Sudden Pres
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edge, experience & expertise. We intentionally foster a culture of inclusion that empowers our employees to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities & protected veterans to join the team. Clearway is a proud promoter of employment opportunities for our Military & Veterans.

What We Provide
Clearway offers all eligible employees working 20+ hours per week a comprehensive menu of benefits: generous PTO, medical, dental & vision care, HSAs with company contributions, health FSAs, dependent daycare FSAs, commuter benefits, relocation, & a 401(k) plan with employer match, a variety of life & accident insurances, fertility programs, adoption assistance, generous parental leave, tuition reimbursement, & benefits for employees in same-sex marriages, civil unions & domestic partnerships. For more on Clearway benefits, visit our Benefits Website .

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