Resource Planner III

Job Type:
Business Operations

Pay Range $131,726 to $138,319

Location Colorado Springs, CO

Date First Posted 10/9/26

Applications are being accepted through: 10/15/26

* If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis; however, this job posting may close at any time after a minimum of 5 days of being posted.

This job is eligible for relocation assistance to help cover the costs of moving to the Colorado Springs area.

Colorado Springs Utilities is a four-service municipal utility serving a growing and dynamic community at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Our employees are committed to providing safe, reliable, and competitively priced electric, natural gas, water, and wastewater services while leading the transition to a cleaner, more resilient energy future.

The Energy Resource Planning team plays a critical role in shaping the future of our energy portfolio by evaluating emerging technologies, supporting regional market participation, informing long-term investment decisions, and ensuring reliable and affordable service for our customers.

As a Resource Planner III , you will serve as a key policy and analytical resource for Colorado Springs Utilities' participation in Southwest Power Pool (SPP) stakeholder processes. You will prepare CSU representatives and leaders for working group decisions, evaluate the implications of policy and tariff proposals, coordinate organizational positions, and help translate approved changes into actionable internal plans.

• Support Colorado Springs Utilities' participation in Southwest Power Pool planning, resource adequacy, market development, transmission, and stakeholder policy activities.

• Monitor, track, screen, and evaluate Southwest Power Pool Revision Requests, tariff revisions, business practice changes, market design proposals, and stakeholder initiatives that may affect Colorado Springs Utilities.

• Identify emerging Southwest Power Pool issues and proactively brief leadership on potential strategic opportunities, risks, decision points, and required organizational responses.

• Develop working knowledge of applicable Southwest Power Pool tariff provisions, criteria, protocols, governing documents, and stakeholder governance processes.

• Lead preparation for assigned Southwest Power Pool working groups, task forces, committees, and stakeholder forums by reviewing agendas, meeting materials, staff reports, presentations, Revision Requests, and stakeholder comments.

• Prepare concise meeting briefs that identify key issues, impacts, recommended questions, decision points, voting considerations, and follow-up actions.

• Coordinate pre-meeting discussions with subject matter experts and stakeholder representatives to confirm objectives, technical concerns, and recommended positions.

• Support Colorado Springs Utilities representatives participating in Southwest Power Pool stakeholder forums, including resource adequacy, markets, transmission planning, cost allocation, and other policy-focused groups.

• Develop policy recommendations, technical comments, position papers, presentations, executive briefings, decision memoranda, and recommended voting positions.

• Evaluate stakeholder positions and alternatives to identify areas of alignment, disagreement, negotiation, or potential coalition-building.

• Represent Colorado Springs Utilities professionally in assigned industry work groups, technical conferences, and regional planning forums, as appropriate.

• Assess the reliability, operational, financial, market, resource adequacy, transmission planning, customer, and governance implications of proposed Southwest Power Pool policy changes.

• Develop quantitative and qualitative analyses that compare policy alternatives, implementation approaches, and potential outcomes for Colorado Springs Utilities.

• Integrate Southwest Power Pool policy developments into load forecasting, resource adequacy planning, generation and storage evaluation, demand response strategy, large-load planning, integrated resource planning, and long-term investment analysis.

• Use sensitivity analysis, probabilistic modeling, scenario analysis, and risk assessment to evaluate uncertainty and inform recommendations.

• Translate complex technical and policy information into concise, actionable guidance for…