Director Regulatory Compliance

Company Summary Statement

As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.
Overview

Provides enterprise-wide strategic direction, governance, and leadership for FERC and NERC compliance across PPL utilities in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, including generation facilities and gas TSA compliance. Represents PPL interests and influences national and regional standards and policy through FERC, NERC, applicable Regional Entities, EEI, PJM, NATF, and other industry groups. Directly accountable for the performance, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of the company's FERC, NERC, generation, and gas TSA compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Directs the enterprise FERC & NERC Compliance organization supporting the company’s Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island utilities, including generation facilities and gas TSA compliance. Ensures complete and timely regulatory submissions, audit-quality programs and documentation, and effective coordination of internal and external audits, spot checks, self-certifications, investigations, and other compliance activities.
• Leads an enterprise-wide NERC compliance program to ensure applicable utility and generation organizations meet NERC Reliability Standards, Regional Entity requirements, and associated requirements shared with regional transmission organizations and other industry entities.
• Leads the development and governance of business-specific procedures, controls, and evidence standards to ensure consistent compliance with applicable FERC and NERC requirements across all utilities and covered operations.
• Establishes a strong enterprise compliance culture and effective partnerships among FERC & NERC Compliance staff, utility and generation leaders, gas stakeholders, Legal, Internal Audit, Corporate Compliance, IT, Security, and other control functions
• Develops and monitors enterprise metrics, risk indicators, and executive reporting to measure adherence to FERC and NERC requirements, generation compliance obligations, and gas TSA requirements. Directs and monitors corrective actions and sustainable remediation when necessary.
• Functions as the central enterprise leader for compliance strategy, governance, training, and continuous improvement across the company’s regulated utilities, generation facilities, and applicable gas activities.
• Partners with leaders in Corporate Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, IT, Corporate Security, Transmission, Distribution, Generation, Gas, and Operations to develop and implement effective, efficient, and consistent compliance programs.
• Leads the development and implementation of enterprise strategy, programs, procedures, processes, controls, and business tools to meet applicable FERC and NERC requirements. Oversees the identification of reporting and evidence requirements for FERC-approved standards and other covered obligations, ensures appropriate submissions are made, and communicates emerging risks, issues, and compliance status to utility, generation, gas, and corporate leadership.
• Leads and monitors required FERC posting, reporting, and related compliance activities. Directs the compliance staff and program to effectively and efficiently meet enterprise objectives, regulatory commitments, and business priorities.
• Leads the company’s response and strategy for the evolving FERC and NERC regulatory environment by directing participation in FERC, NERC, Regional Entity, and industry forums. Ensures appropriate engagement to assess and influence emerging policy, standards development, balloting, interpretations, and implementation guidance.
• Facilitates and supports compliance across business and functional lines by coordinating company participation on NERC, Regional Entity, and industry committees, bringing enterprise perspectives directly into standards and policy development.
• Represents the company’s strategic position by serving on, or directing participation in, industry and regulatory committees and by building effective relationships with regulators, Regional Entities, reliability organizations, and peer utilities.
• Develops enterprise compliance plans, organizational capabilities, resource strategies, budgets, and priorities. Builds and develops a high-performing team with the capacity and expertise to support multiple jurisdictions, utility operations, generation facilities, and gas TSA obligations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ Progressively responsible leadership experience in the electric utility, generation, gas, or energy industry, including responsibility for regulatory compliance, risk, audit, legal, operations, or a related control function.
• 10+ Demonstrated expertise applying FERC and NERC requirements to critical business processes and leading compliance programs across multiple business units, jurisdictions, or registered entities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead leaders and technical teams, establish enterprise governance, and influence outcomes across business units and executive stakeholders.
• Executive-level leadership, judgment, influencing, and collaboration skills, with demonstrated capability in risk-based decision-making, performance oversight, talent development, and organizational governance.
• Ability to set enterprise priorities and lead multiple high-impact regulatory, audit, remediation, and operational initiatives concurrently across multiple jurisdictions and business lines.
• Experience overseeing compliance across multiple jurisdictions, registered entities, utilities, generation facilities, or energy business lines.
• Demonstrated experience communicating material compliance risks, audit results, and corrective-action status to executive leadership and governance bodies.