Utility Rate & Economic Analyst

Power System Engineering, Inc. (Pse) • Denver, CO

133d • $88,268 - $103,002

About The Position

Power System Engineering (PSE) is seeking a Utility Rate and Economic Analyst to provide analysis and consulting services to PSE clients for various economic and financial engagements. This role works closely with senior staff and project teams, mainly focused on contributing to the completion of utility ratemaking projects, including revenue requirements analysis, class cost of service studies, and rate design development. This role will also support client projects related to demand-side management programs, assessing the feasibility of solar and battery energy storage projects and other economic and financial analyses. Clients vary but are generally Generation and Transmission cooperatives and Distribution cooperatives in the electric industry.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or mathematics is strongly preferred.
• 5 - 10 years of related experience in consulting and/or a utility industry.
• Possess strong organizational skills needed to participate in multiple project teams simultaneously while completing tasks on time, on target, and within budget.
• Possess the ability and drive to produce excellent work products, analyze and learn new concepts, develop skills, and be a strong team player.
• Ability to develop client relationships.
• Possess integrity, honesty, accountability, and strong moral principles.
• Experience with electric utility ratemaking, finance, or accounting practices.
• Must have strong experience and expertise using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with R, RStudio, and Python is a plus.
• Ability to work with large data file sets and manipulate them into workable formats.
• Basic knowledge of electric utility billing structure and financial concepts.
• Experience with distributed energy resources and demand side management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Embrace, uphold, and live out PSE's core values around People, Problem-Solving, and Progress.
• Participate in the completion of various economic, financial, and business studies in a project team environment.
• Help prepare rate class cost of service studies to assess and design utility wholesale and retail rates for various services provided.
• Prepare analysis and impacts of various pricing and consumer engagement programs such as time-of-use rates, load management, EV charging, distributed generation, and large load rates and contracts.
• Prepare a comparison of utility rates between a variety of utilities for various types of electrical uses.
• Assist in preparing analyses and exhibits as needed to support expert testimony for filings.
• Process, clean, analyze, and summarize large datasets to identify trends, benefit streams, and cost streams in the development of models.
• Assist in developing and promoting service offerings around innovative rates, pricing programs, customer segmentation, operational improvements, etc.
• Create cost-benefit models to assess the development of new demand-side management programs or to evaluate the cost effectiveness of existing programs.
• Build economic feasibility models to assess the financial viability for solar, battery, or hybrid projects for clients with various goals.
• Manage and document progress on assigned tasks, deadlines, and budgets for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Gather, process, and visualize substantial amounts of data in Microsoft Excel, R and/or RStudio, Python, and Microsoft PowerBI.
• Possess the ability to work as a team and independently.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $88,268 - $103,002 annually.
• Discretionary annual performance-based profit-sharing bonus.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• 401(k) retirement plan and employer safe harbor contribution.
• Comprehensive health, health savings account (HSA), dental, vision, flexible spending account (FSA) & dependent care reimbursement account.
• Life insurance, short & long-term disability, and other voluntary coverages.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid time off, including holidays and volunteer time off (VTO) to serve our communities.
• Professional development opportunities and educational assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree