Clean Energy Senior Specialist

Overview

Responsibilities

• Support both proactive and probabilistic planning processes to enable rapid electric vehicle (EV) and other load growth across the system, while maintaining system reliability.
• Perform detailed modeling and analytics to quantify probability of customer loss of load at each area substation and optimize project timelines in the Load Relief Program.
• Analyze large datasets and use statistical analyses and tools, including a probabilistic reliability assessment tool, to process results and form conclusions.
• Assist in developing repeatable processes and standards for the team on processing data and analyzing results.
• Aid with EV hotspot design development and foster collaboration across planning teams, including E-mobility, Distribution Planning, Central Engineering, and Regional and Customer Engineering.
• Support the Companys future Proactive Planning activities to enable a nimble distribution grid and prioritize no-regrets grid upgrades, while being efficient for long- term consumer needs.
• Help develop tools and financial metrics to capture project costs and financial impacts to customers for proactive and probabilistic planning projects. Opportunity to build in automation via machine learning and/or advanced algorithms.
• Work closely with the Distribution Planning and Forecasting teams to understand EV adoption modeling, load forecast developments, and system impacts. Develop skills working with EV data and forecasting databases.
• Perform tasks related to authoring white papers, filings, and other reporting requirements of DPA objectives to regulators.
• Support Distribution Planning group on developing presentations, participate in team/stakeholder discussions around probabilistic planning results, workshops, and seminars for internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of relevant work experience. or
• Master's Degree and 2 years of relevant work experience.

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Science, Economics, Information Technology, Business, Environmental Studies, or related field and 3 years of relevant work experience.

• Good communication, negotiation, and organizational skills and accountability. Required
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and render sound business decisions. Required
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of management, as well as with customers, vendors, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Required
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, flexible to handle multiple assignments and projects, able to implement process improvements, and able to meet deadlines. Required
• Ability to conduct presentations to audiences of all sizes and types. Required
• Strong knowledge of computer applications such as MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Projects). Required
• Relevant work experience including knowledge of the transportation electrification landscape, energy storage systems, project management, and construction. Preferred
• Relevant experience and knowledge on forecasting, demand management programs, and capital deferment mechanisms. Preferred
• Experience and/or working knowledge of the capital planning process. Preferred

• Driver's License Required

• Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.
• Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.