Senior Transmission Production Modeling Analyst

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states:
Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy.

Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

Position Summary Prepare and perform production cost modeling analyses using PROMOD and other tools to serve Xcel Energy's electric power system planning functions to meet customer demand and energy requirements and support regulatory filing and corporate budgeting requirements. You’ll prepare direct testimony for regulatory proceedings and provide responses to regulatory agencies information requests pertaining to wholesale energy market-based plans related to the transmission.

Investigate and develop new techniques to improve production cost and transmission modeling processes. Support the development of Transmission Production Cost Modeling Analysts. Develop and support strategic transmission planning work including evaluation of inter-regional projects and congestion cost mitigation opportunities.

Essential Responsibilities Develop energy market forecasts for electric transmission development to support long-range plans, regulatory filings, and reduce congestion. Develop direct testimony for regulatory proceedings. Provide responses to regulatory agencies information requests pertaining to wholesale energy market-based plans and modeling of Xcel Energy's transmission system. Perform independent analyses to respond to or support regulatory agencies review of Xcel Energy's transmission system.

Develop production cost input and transmission modeling for electric system planning purposes. Prepare forecasts of system impacts to congestion and curtailment.

Engage with external transmission planning organization (MISO, SPP, etc.) models and policies to verify model accuracy, identify strategic transmission projects and strategic processes to reduce customer congestion costs.

Perform electric transmission modeling analyses to independently evaluate activities of Xcel Energy's operating companies, from a Risk Management perspective, pertaining to transmission assets, resource additions, regional planning processes, competitive transmission development, and environmental issues. Prepare independent evaluations of regional transmission plans, and analysis of existing and new transmission system limitations.

Perform monthly assessment of resource congestion and curtailment. Support responses to regulatory group and state regulatory agencies requests and questions, work on proactive congestion mitigation measures to reduce customer cost.

Investigate and develop new techniques to improve production cost and transmission modeling processes. Provide support in the development of Transmission Production Cost Modeling Analysts.

Maintain all input data necessary for the transmission production…