Cost of Service & Tariff Analyst

Cleco Power•Pineville, LA

About The Position

At Cleco, we're not just powering lives—we're powering a cleaner, smarter future for Louisiana. With bold investments in innovative energy solutions, we’re transforming how we power our communities: smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable. This is a long-term commitment to our people and our communities because our future—and the future of generations to come—depends on it. If you're ready to make an impact where it matters most, join us at Cleco— where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow. The Cost of Service & Tariffs Analyst II is an experienced professional with knowledge of and some experience with preparing cost of service studies and rate design. Assists in the development of summary sales data and interval usage data and its integration into the cost of service and rate design. Is current and stays current in industry development of rate design, real time pricing, marginal pricing, and emerging considerations relative to electric vehicle, grid modernization, distributed generation and the impact these have on cost recovery and rates. Assists in identifying drivers of changes in revenue requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Finance, or Statistics
3-5+ years of related experience
Knowledge of standard business practices and professionalism
Ability to interact with all levels of employees to address difficult issues
Ability to manage high workloads and conflicting priorities
Ability to operate effectively and proactively with an employee centric mindset
Detailed-oriented and high work standards in support of seamless execution
Drive issues to resolution while maintaining an atmosphere of collaboration
Thrive on working in a team and supporting others to achieve goals/targets
Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey data

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred
Analytical skills
Compliance Policy and Regulation
Law and Regulation
Document Management
Database Reporting
Database User Interfaces and Queries
Information Retrieval and Searching
Development Environment

Responsibilities

Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, sense of belonging, customer service, and operational excellence.
Assists in development of functionalization, classification and allocation of costs to customer classes, as well as for large individual customers
Assists in evaluation and recommendation of alignment of revenue components including Customer, Demand, Energy, Reactive Power, etc. through rate design
Assists in maintaining differentiation between revenues collected through standard tariffs and revenue trackers
Assists in leveraging load research into sales and revenue forecasts
Provides support and expertise for all relevant regulatory and developmental company efforts