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Energy Modeling Senior / Consultant | Power Systems & Resource Planning

Join our team as an Energy Engineer focused on Energy Modeling Frameworks, where you’ll contribute directly to our resource planning efforts to ensure reliable, sustainable, and compliant energy solutions. This role combines technical modeling expertise with regulatory insight, providing a unique opportunity to support power systems and optimize energy strategies.

Key Responsibilities :

• Model Development & Support : Utilize advanced IRP modeling software (such as PLEXOS, Aurora, Strategist, SERVM) to develop, maintain, and support robust energy models, ensuring they accurately reflect power systems, energy markets, and regulatory frameworks.
• Scenario Analysis : Conduct detailed simulations to assess the impact of various scenarios on power system performance, helping guide resource planning and operational strategies.
• Data Analysis : Analyze complex datasets using Python, R, or SQL to derive actionable insights, identify trends, and support decision-making processes.
• Compliance & Regulatory Monitoring : Ensure models adhere to relevant codes, standards, and regulations. Proactively monitor regulatory changes and evaluate their effects on modeling and resource planning processes.
• Documentation & Reporting : Prepare and review comprehensive documentation for regulatory filings, compliance reports, and internal decision-making purposes.

Ideal Candidate :

Apply today to join a team where your expertise in energy modeling will drive impactful, sustainable energy solutions!

Minimum Requirements

Energy Modeling Senior | Power Systems & Resource Planning

Energy Modeling Consultant | Power Systems & Resource Planning

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications

Additional Requirements :

Major Accountabilities

1) Conducts advanced analysis of energy markets, system operations, or other business or operational plans or items utilizing advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques. As well as trains and supports team members in less complex analysis

2) Develops and presents information and / or presentations to leaders and executives highlighting or recommending resource plan alternatives based on market trends and conditions, wholesale market changes or other analytical findings critical to the business.

3) Leads teams in evaluating resource plans, market changes or other complex analysis that requires input from Legal department, Regulatory, Resource Management, Fossil Generation, and / or Middle and Back Office, etc.

4) May perform analysis to optimize the timing of generation outages, determine economic power transactions, and assist traders in developing strategies for serving APS load obligations in the most cost effective manner that also supports system reliability.

5) Oversees other analysts quantitative analysis using production cost models in the development of comprehensive resource plans, support trading and fuel procurement decisions, implement the hedge plan or produce the corporate Fuel Budget.

6) Leads teams in evaluating historic and forecasted market data, including pricing and trends to develop forecasts and analytical and mathematical models and analysis to support business unit performance plans and efforts.

7) Develops detailed and complex reports, such as the Integrated Resource Plan or topic specific white papers, to support business unit initiatives and decision making involving capital expenditures, major commercial commitments and changes in operating strategy.

8) Performs economic and financial studies, including cash flow analysis, rates of return computations and revenue requirements analysis as required.

9) Provides technical and advanced quantitative methods in support of system operations, trading, middle office, and risk management functions.

10) Provides leadership to produce effective project teams. Ensure the development of a cooperative culture that supports team accomplishments and eliminates barriers and roadblocks.

11) Influence the strategic direction of the Company's planning efforts and provide project management among numerous APS departments regarding the planning and implementation of such resources.

12) Maintains and focuses others on awareness and understanding of key internal business functions, personnel, business improvement opportunities, key industry issues, key stakeholders, regulators, and technology trends. Participates in industry forums involving activities that affect the market to provide input for changes and to understand impacts to APS.