Resource Planning Engineer II-III
About The Position
The Resource Planning Engineer works in the Resource Planning and Analytics area of Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (AEPCO), which is responsible for short-term and long-term strategic planning of existing and future power supply resources. The role works with leadership to plan for AEPCO, its Cooperative Members, and electric-industry partners in relation to load growth, power supply, and regulatory, environmental, and economic issues affecting power supply portfolios. The position conducts technical and engineering analyses of resource energy production costs, forecasted electric demand, resource dispatch and unit commitment plans, power supply acquisition, transmission rights, fuel supply, and energy management strategies. It also involves data analysis, modeling, and reporting, including load forecasting, production cost modeling, financial planning, power supply contract and option modeling, spreadsheet analysis, capacity and energy planning, and energy and natural gas market forecasting. The role also handles administrative, data, information, filing, and customer-service requests, along with other analyses needed for departmental success.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, or another technical field.
- Strong understanding of the power industry and generation operations.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and to work in teams.
- Experience with complex mathematical programming in Excel, VBA, Matlab, R Suite, or similar.
- Ability to work independently, with a high degree of deductive reasoning, creativity, and problem solving.
- Experience in technical writing, preferably involving utility-related products such as IRPs, hedging plans, or regulatory compliance reporting.
- For Engineer II: at least 3 years of related utility experience.
- Equivalent combinations of related education, training, and/or experience may substitute for listed requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in generation resource planning.
- Experience in electric load forecasting.
- Experience in power supply operations and analysis.
- Experience in production cost or resource capacity expansion modeling.
- Experience in transmission rights and analysis.
- Experience in electric utility regulatory affairs and strategy.
- Experience in utility finance and ratemaking.
- Experience in energy marketing and trading.
- Experience with utility interaction with an Independent System Operator (ISO) or Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
Responsibilities
- Model and investigate power supply options and opportunities in the context of the AEPCO system, including generation financing, transmission deliverability, regulatory and environmental requirements, fuel supply, and resource dispatch and operations.
- Work with AEPCO Energy Services and ACES Power Marketing to design, analyze, and implement generation dispatch parameters and hedging strategies, including physical and financial gas and power purchases.
- Create and support development of Integrated Resource Planning filings and other regulatory data filings for the Arizona Corporation Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and California ISO.
- Analyze and recommend energy, generation, and transmission strategies for AEPCO's cooperative distribution Members, at both the individual and whole-system levels.
- Support financial forecast creation, loan application requirements, load forecasting, load-versus-resource comparisons, and power cost studies, including associated documentation, analyses, and reporting.
- Support and manage projects and analyses of strategic importance to the Cooperatives' generation portfolio, and recommend optimal operating strategies or generation plans.
- Conduct load forecasting, production cost modeling, financial planning, power supply contract and option modeling, spreadsheet analysis, capacity and energy planning, and energy and natural gas market forecasting.
- Respond to administrative, data, information, filing, and other customer-service requests.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
