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Copia Power

Develops gigawatt-scale campuses with solar storage

Manager, Interconnection

Power Systems EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of professional experience, preferably in the renewable energy industry.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Proven experience with Microsoft Office, including advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Experience with project management software.
  • Ability to work in the Dana Point, California, Salt Lake City, Utah, Phoenix, Arizona, or Lake Oswego office a minimum of 3 days per week.
  • Ability to travel up to 25%.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written correspondence.
  • Problem-solving ability, integrity, and a strong work ethic.
  • Proactive mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and work effectively within a rapidly changing organization.
  • Demonstrated collaborative partnerships with peers, management, and vendors.
  • Resourcefulness and polite persistence.
  • Extensive knowledge of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) large generator interconnection processes and tariff requirements.
  • Experience supporting early-stage development of utility-scale interconnection projects and generator interconnection agreement (GIA) negotiations and executions.
  • Familiarity with interconnection and power flow studies.

Responsibilities

  • Manage generation interconnection requests, coordinate application and study processes, lead interconnection agreement negotiations, and support facility construction for renewable energy projects in the United States.
  • Manage, coordinate, and lead all aspects of the generation interconnection process and related engineering for solar, energy storage, and natural gas projects.
  • Support and coordinate the generation and load interconnection process for utility-scale solar, energy storage, natural gas, and data center projects, including pre-application feasibility analysis, interconnection application submission, interconnection study and agreement processes, communication of study results, and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) milestone management.
  • Provide responses and analysis to internal site selection processes to determine feasible transmission locations for interconnection applications, timed and coordinated to support queue application open windows.
  • Request and coordinate application technical packages prepared by transmission consulting engineers.
  • Submit interconnection applications to independent system operators (ISOs) and utilities.
  • Support timely execution of study agreements and payment of deposits and study fees.
  • Track execution of queue milestones, including deficiency corrections, scoping meetings, study agreement execution and funding, study results meetings, generator and load interconnection agreement negotiation and execution, and GIA and load milestone tracking and execution.
  • Coordinate with utilities, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders to obtain interconnection approvals.
  • Participate in ISO and power transmission owner (PTO) generation interconnection and other stakeholder forums to stay current on industry changes and trends.
  • Coordinate with Land Acquisition, Engineering, Permitting, EPC, and Operations teams to develop a pipeline of solar, energy storage, natural gas, and data center projects.
  • Provide interconnection support for project acquisition and financing activities.
  • Provide coordination support for co-location of generation projects with data center campuses.
  • Support development and maintenance of company tracking tools and ensure all milestones are kept up to date in those tools.
  • Support consultant and other service provider activities, including tracking work order status.

Desired Qualifications

  • Renewable energy industry experience is preferred.

About the Company

Copia Power

Develops gigawatt-scale campuses with solar storage

Copia Power develops gigawatt-scale campuses that combine solar, energy storage, thermal, and digital grid-connected projects. Each campus links renewable generation with dispatchable resources and hosts digital infrastructure, including transmission and substation assets, to support grid reliability and compute demand. The company partners with utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and corporations to tailor solutions and optimize transmission, interconnection, and load. Unlike others that focus on a single asset, Copia Power builds integrated campuses that fuse energy generation, storage, and digital infrastructure for scalable, reliable performance. Its goal is to deliver large-scale, multi-resource campuses that meet current and future energy and infrastructure needs while unlocking investment and improving grid resilience.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.6B
Headquarters
Portland, OR
Founded
2021

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