PO2451 - IPA Director Executive Search Firm Specifications.docx

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The Illinois Executive Ethics Commission has oversight of the Illinois Power Agency and appoints the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. The Executive Ethics Commission is seeking consulting services for recruiting and providing assistance with evaluating candidates for the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. The Executive Ethics Commission will seek candidates for appointment to the position of Director of the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) pursuant to section 20-5(d-6) of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (5 ILCS 430/20-5(d-6)). The two-year term appointment is subject to Senate confirmation, and the term begins on March 21, 2023.

Services to be provided:

· Provide advice into creating vacancy announcement/job posting to recruit candidates with experience in the electric industry, electricity policy, or electricity markets

· Assist with recruitment of candidates with required experience

· Create hiring criteria and application questions that will be used to screen applicants

· Screen applicants and provide recommendation to Commission of candidates to consider for interview

· Create interview questions to evaluate candidate knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill the IPA Director responsibilities

· Must have knowledge and understanding of electric industry, electricity policy, or electricity markets to assist with evaluating interview responses to authenticate validity of candidate answers

· Interviews for IPA Director to be completed by Friday, March 10, 2022

IPA Director position information:

Subject to the availability of appropriated resources and the oversight of the Commission, the Director is responsible for the IPA’s execution of its statutory powers and duties as prescribed by the Illinois Power Agency Act (20 ILCS 3855) in furtherance of its mission of providing the lowest cost power to the greatest number of people and securing power at the best prices the market will bear.

Among other things, the Agency is empowered to: develop electricity procurement plans to ensure adequate, reliable, affordable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable electric service; develop a long-term renewable resources procurement plan; conduct competitive procurement processes to procure electricity supply resources and renewable energy credits; develop electric generation facilities that use indigenous coal or renewable resources; and supply electricity from the Agency’s facilities at cost to certain entities.

To those ends, the Agency has a wide range of express powers, including the powers to employ personnel and hire consultants, to promulgate rules, and to borrow money. The Agency is charged with creation and implementation of the Illinois Solar for All Program and with the administration of the Illinois Power Agency Operations Fund, the Illinois Power Agency Facilities Fund, and the Illinois Power Agency Renewable Energy Resources Fund, each of which is a special fund in the State treasury. The Director will be expected to run the Agency in accordance with all applicable laws and assure fiscal operations are conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Interested candidates for the IPA Director position are required to meet the qualifications specified in Section 5-22 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and 20 ILCS 3855/1-70.