STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY,
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Class Code: 4141-34
Date Established: 07-01-50
Occupational Code: 7-5-5
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To direct the enforcement of laws,
regulations and policies affecting businesses, industries and utilities
regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Confers with
Commissioners and professional assistants on agency activities and coordinates
the operations of the various divisions within the Commission.
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Initiates and carries
out research in anticipation of problems or developments in the public utility
field.
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Prepares and
certifies notices, publications, reports and orders of the Public Utilities
Commission.
·
Conducts special
investigations with other professional staff members in the legal, engineering,
and accounting operations of public utilities.
·
Presides at
quasi-judicial hearings, oversees staff engaged in maintaining schedules and
dockets, and participates in conferences regarding any phase of regulatory
activity.
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Conducts interviews
with news media representatives; prepares and issues press reports relative to
the Commission's findings and activities.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in evaluating, planning
or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and long-range solutions,
strategies or policies of a specialized or technical nature.
Knowledge: Requires expertise in a highly
specialized, technical or professional discipline to manage or create policy at
a systemwide administrative level.
Impact: Requires overall administrative
responsibility for achieving agency objectives by directing all aspects of
operations management. Errors at
this level result in disruption of systemwide programs or services as well as
long-term adverse impact on agency image and the future success of
organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires delegating supervisory or
program responsibilities to subordinate managers, with overall accountability
for hiring employees and approving program policies. The supervisor in this position assumes responsibility for
an organizational unit, including developing long-range plans, analyzing
staffing requirements, and formulating systemwide policies and procedures.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as the official
representative of the agency, including explaining and defending current and
long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions
regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating the combination of
overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or novel situations
requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Advanced degree from an accredited institution
of higher education. Each
additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of
required work experience.
Experience: Eight years of progressively
responsible experience, preferably although not necessarily in the field of
public utility operations or regulation.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of public utilities including
common practices and methods of operation. Knowledge of federal and state laws governing public utility
operations. Knowledge of
quasi-judicial procedures. Skill
in interrogating witnesses.
Ability to prepare and publish reports and decisions. Ability to plan, schedule and arrange
dockets and conferences. Ability
to conduct, assign and supervise a variety of investigations. Ability to conduct quasi-judicial
hearings. Ability to communicate
effectively. Ability to establish
and maintain effective working relationships with governmental officials and
representatives of public utilities.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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