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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p><strong>About us:</strong></p>\n<p>Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy expansion solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through its transmission business, LS Power Grid, the company built and operates 780+ miles of high-voltage transmission and 7 transmission utilities and has another 375+ miles currently in construction or development. LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are meeting the growing needs of the energy expansion, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. 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We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.</p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Benefits</strong></p>\n<p>We provide our team the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Compensation</strong></p>\n<p>The salary for this role is $100,000 - $125,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California.  This salary range may also be modified in the future.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>About the Role</strong></p>\n<p>This position supports the regulated electric transmission business of LS Power. Specifically, this position will be based in California and be responsible for protective relaying and SCADA/communication systems at newly constructed STATCOM transmission facilities in central and northern California. The job scope involves protective relays, SCADA and communication gear, metering equipment and high-voltage equipment including switchgear, SF6 circuit breakers, power electronics and disconnect switches. 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