ENERGY INDUSTRY ANALYST LITIGATION

Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulory Commission Summary The Federal Energy Regulory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies as a "Best Places to Work" in the Federal government! This

ENERGY INDUSTRY ANALYST LITIGATION

position is loced in the Office of Administrive Litigion. For more informion : Office of Administrive Litigion (OAL) Learn more about this agency Summary The Federal Energy Regulory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies as a "Best Places to Work" in the Federal government! This

ENERGY INDUSTRY ANALYST LITIGATION

position is loced in the Office of Administrive Litigion. For more informion : Office of Administrive Litigion (OAL) Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1101 General Business And Industry Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FERC-OAL-MPF-26-13029901

Control number 879689600 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from current agency employees in the competitive service only. Videos Duties Help As an

ENERGY INDUSTRY ANALYST LITIGATION

some of your typical work assignments include: Serves as a regulory policy expert in the resolution of cases set for hearing of exceptionally complex, precedent-setting, or pioneering regulory policy issues associed with the regulion of nural gas and/or oil pipeline companies, hydroelectric projects and/or electric utilities. Detects deviion from current regulory principles and Commission policies and prepares recommendions as to the approprie disposition. Prepares da requests, settlement proposals, and testimony based on the review/analysis of the filing and issues, which contain a discussion of economic and regulory policy issues as well as reled recommendions. Explains Trial Staff's settlement positions during settlement conferences and defends written testimony under cross-examinion during a hearing. Presents analyses to team members and management. Participes on teams and performs the role of Case Team Leader. Trains and mentors less experienced staff by providing technical expertise and guidance regarding exceptionally complex regulory policy issues and in the analysis and review of complex economic, regulory, accounting and stistical da concerning the regulion of nural gas and oil companies, hydroelectric projects and/or electric utilities. Increases own and others' knowledge and understanding of relevant Commission precedent and policies, relevant regulions, and changes in the electric, nural gas pipeline, oil pipeline, and/or hydroelectric industries. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. You must provide your SF-50 (see Required Documents section). A one-year probionary period may be required. A background investigion is required. This is a bargaining unit position (AFG Local 421). Generally, male applicants must be registered with the Selective Service. Relocion expenses will not be paid. If hired, you may be required to divest certain energy-reled securities. Qualificions You must meet the qualificion (experience and/or educion) requirements by the closing de of this announcement. To view the eligibility and qualificion requirements of a/n

ENERGY INDUSTRY ANALYST

LITIGATION, GS-1101, please : Energy Industry Analyst Series, 1101 You must have one full year of specialized experience or equivalent to the GS-13 level.

Specialized experience is defined as:

comprehensive experience and knowledge using investigive research methods and procedures including da acquisition, analysis, documention and presention; experience leading teams; and experience writing and sponsoring testimony. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience. Please do not cut and paste the "Duties" section, specialized experience stement, or occupional assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume, as this will not be considered a demonstrion of your qualificions for this position. Educion There is no educion requirement for this position; therefore, transcripts are not required.

PASS/FAIL COURSES

If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION

One academic year of gradue educion is the number of credits hours your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study. Additional informion The duty locion of this position is Washington, DC. If selected for this position, you required to: Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your suitability for Federal employment. Have your Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of your choice. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the

U.S. FERC

also participes in the USCIS Electronic Employment Eligibility Verificion Program (E-Verify). For more informion about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify . Attend a mandory ethics training. We are governed by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Standards of Conduct, the criminal conflict of interest stutes, and FERC's supplemental ethics regulion, which specifically prohibits FERC employees from holding certain energy-reled securities. To comply with these regulions and stutes, divestiture of least some energy securities is likely to be required after you begin employment. See 5 C.F.R. 2634-41; 18 U.S.C. 201-208; 5 C.F.R. 3401. If selected, you may also be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of appointment. Receive authorizion from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses to the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for the position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Interpersonal and Team Member Skills Job Knowledge Oral Communicion Technical Analysis Written Communicion The online assessment is used to evalue your relevant educion and experience in relion to the required competencies for this position. If you meet the eligibility and minimum qualificion requirements, your applicion further evalued based on your answers to the vacancy questionnaire. Your ring may be lowered if your responses are not supported by the educion and/or experience described in your resume. The best qualified candides identified for referral to the selecting official. You may be required to participe in a selection interview. If you are invited for an interview, you may be asked to bring a copy of your most recent performance evaluion. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13029901 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Failure to submit all required documention by the closing de of this vacancy announcement, including adhering to the maximum two-page resume requirement, will result in removal from considerion and loss of any special hiring preference (e.g., veterans' preference, ICTAP/CTAP eligibility, Schedule A).

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR ALL CANDIDATES

RESUME (maximum of 2 pages in length): Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire. You must ensure it contains the following informion for each experience/position: Position title Name of employer Beginning and ending des of employment (Month/Day/Year form) Hours worked per week Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable) Series and grade or equivalent (for federal positions) If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying based on your educion, you must list your educion history, including the type of degree and your major of study.

VACANCY QUESTIONNAIRE

You must submit and complete the online eligibility and vacancy questions.

TRANSCRIPTS

(only required when the position has an educion requirement, or you are qualifying for the position based on your educion): You MUST submit copies of your college transcripts to verify your educion. Unofficial copies are acceptable; however, if selected you required to provide official transcripts before your effective de.

STANDARD FORM 50

(SF-50)/NOTIFICATION

OF PERSONNEL ACTION

You must submit a copy of your most recent non-award SF-50, showing you are in the competitive service, your highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series, and grade. FERC employees can access their official personnel records electronically, by using e

OPF:

https://eopf.opm.gov/ferc/ .

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT SPECIAL CONSIDERATION CLAIMS

CAREER

TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(CTAP): This is an intra-agency program th helps Federal Energy Regulory Commission (FERC) employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service or a FERC employee whose position has been deemed surplused or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red "Well Qualified" for the position; and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility. For more informion about

CTAP, :

http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp .

The following documents are required:

Reduction in Force or RIF notice - written notice of your expected separion, or other documention of priority considerion stus; Lest SF-50 noting your current position, grade level, and duty locion; Last performance appraisal, including your ring; and Any documention from your agency showing your current promotion potential. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Make sure you verify th your resume clearly indices possession of the competencies and specialized experience listed under the "Qualificions and Evaluion" and "How You Will Be Evalued" sections of this announcement. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside approximely one (1) hour to complete the applicion process. Remember to submit all required and supporting documention listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

FERC provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact? DisabilityManager@FERC.gov ?no ler than 11:59 pm ET on the vacancy closing de.? The decision to grant a reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Anita Collier Phone 202-502-6709 Anita.

Collier@ferc.gov Address Federal Energy Regulory Commission 888 First St NE Washington, DC 20426 US Next steps Once your complete applicion is received, we will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions and determine your ranking. You notified of the stus of your applicion up to four times throughout the applicion process, via your USAJOBS dashboard. To verify the stus of your applicion, both during and after the announcement open period, log on to your USAJOBS account. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an option to "Track this applicion." Your "Applicant stus" will also appear along with the des you applied to this position and when your applicion was last upded. To learn more about your specific job stus and how this helps you track jobs and applicions : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. More than one selection for similar positions may be made from this announcement and the program office for th selection may vary. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with any interested selecting official(s). Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Failure to submit all required documention by the closing de of this vacancy announcement, including adhering to the maximum two-page resume requirement, will result in removal from considerion and loss of any special hiring preference (e.g., veterans' preference, ICTAP/CTAP eligibility, Schedule A).

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR ALL CANDIDATES

RESUME (maximum of 2 pages in length): Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire. You must ensure it contains the following informion for each experience/position: Position title Name of employer Beginning and ending des of employment (Month/Day/Year form) Hours worked per week Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable) Series and grade or equivalent (for federal positions) If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying based on your educion, you must list your educion history, including the type of degree and your major of study.

VACANCY QUESTIONNAIRE

You must submit and complete the online eligibility and vacancy questions.

TRANSCRIPTS

(only required when the position has an educion requirement, or you are qualifying for the position based on your educion): You MUST submit copies of your college transcripts to verify your educion. Unofficial copies are acceptable; however, if selected you required to provide official transcripts before your effective de.

STANDARD FORM 50

(SF-50)/NOTIFICATION

OF PERSONNEL ACTION

You must submit a copy of your most recent non-award SF-50, showing you are in the competitive service, your highest grade held (or promotion potential) on a permanent basis, position title, series, and grade. FERC employees can access their official personnel records electronically, by using e

OPF:

https://eopf.opm.gov/ferc/ .

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT SPECIAL CONSIDERATION CLAIMS

CAREER

TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(CTAP): This is an intra-agency program th helps Federal Energy Regulory Commission (FERC) employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service or a FERC employee whose position has been deemed surplused or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red "Well Qualified" for the position; and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility. For more informion about

CTAP, :

http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp .

The following documents are required:

Reduction in Force or RIF notice - written notice of your expected separion, or other documention of priority considerion stus; Lest SF-50 noting your current position, grade level, and duty locion; Last performance appraisal, including your ring; and Any documention from your agency showing your current promotion potential. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Make sure you verify th your resume clearly indices possession of the competencies and specialized experience listed under the "Qualificions and Evaluion" and "How You Will Be Evalued" sections of this announcement. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside approximely one (1) hour to complete the applicion process. Remember to submit all required and supporting documention listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

FERC provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact? DisabilityManager@FERC.gov ?no ler than 11:59 pm ET on the vacancy closing de.? The decision to grant a reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Anita Collier Phone 202-502-6709 Anita.

Collier@ferc.gov Address Federal Energy Regulory Commission 888 First St NE Washington, DC 20426 US Next steps Once your complete applicion is received, we will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions and determine your ranking. You notified of the stus of your applicion up to four times throughout the applicion process, via your USAJOBS dashboard. To verify the stus of your applicion, both during and after the announcement open period, log on to your USAJOBS account. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an option to "Track this applicion." Your "Applicant stus" will also appear along with the des you applied to this position and when your applicion was last upded. To learn more about your specific job stus and how this helps you track jobs and applicions : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. More than one selection for similar positions may be made from this announcement and the program office for th selection may vary. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with any interested selecting official(s). Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

FERC-OAL-MPF-26-13029901

Control number 879689600