Long Term Planning Specialist

Job Title: Long Term Planning Specialist

Location: Amarillo, TX; in-office

Employment Type: Full Time;
Exempt

GSEC is hiring a Long Term Planning Specialist to lead load forecasting and resource planning, partnering with ACES and Member cooperatives to deliver data-driven insights and ensure regulatory compliance. This role requires strong analytical skills, forecasting expertise, and the ability to communicate complex results to leadership.

• Engage with generation developers to evaluate opportunities, while maintaining and leveraging key market intelligence, data, and relationships.
• Provide technical oversight and coordination of Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) activities performed by ACES, ensuring alignment with GSEC objectives and planning assumptions.
• Lead the preparation and submission of IRP deliverables to regulatory agencies and stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert and point of contact for Member cooperatives on load forecasting methodologies, assumptions, and results.
• Develop, validate, and continuously refine data inputs and assumptions supporting long-term load forecasts, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Perform in-depth review and validation of forecasting and IRP model outputs from ACES to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with approved inputs.
• Analyze forecast performance and variances, identify underlying drivers, and communicate insights and recommendations to leadership and Member cooperatives.
• Maintain comprehensive, audit-ready documentation of forecasting methodologies, assumptions, and results.
• Prepare and deliver load forecast submissions for SPP, ERCOT, and internal planning processes, ensuring compliance with all market and regulatory requirements.
• Apply and support advanced econometric and statistical modeling approaches incorporating weather, economic, demographic, and judgment-based inputs.
• Ensure forecasting processes meet high standards for accuracy, timeliness, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with ACES to develop detailed 8760 load forecasts and annual demand and energy projections for GSEC and its Member cooperatives.
• Contribute to the development of delivery point load forecasts supporting market operations, transmission planning, and reliability requirements.
• Present complex forecasting results, resource adequacy, and regulatory insights clearly through written, visual, and verbal communication to diverse stakeholders.
• Respond to regulatory, audit, and stakeholder data requests with accuracy and professionalism.
• Maintain the SPP Resource Adequacy workbook, which includes modeling of generation capacity accreditation.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, mathematics, finance, engineering or related field, with coursework in econometrics or statistics required.
• Master’s degree preferred. 6+ years’ experience in load forecasting or 7-10 years’ energy market operations experience may substitute.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in load forecasting, economic analysis, power resource planning, statistical analysis, or a related field.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to independently develop solutions to complex problems and obtain buy-in order to support business decisions.
• Experience in the electric utility industry.
• Knowledge of resource planning, production cost modeling, Market Operations, and financial budget forecasting.

Traditional

Schedule:

M-F, 8am-5pm; or

Flex

Schedule:

M-TH, 7:30am-5:30pm, F, 7:30am-11:30am

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401k with employer match and retirement pension.
• Wellness program.
• Employee assistance resources.