Strategic Portfolio Planning Specialist - Senior

Job Title: Strategic Portfolio Planning Specialist I - Senior

Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, Inc.

-ESI (OLD)

Number of Openings: 1

Location: The Woodlands, Texas (preferred). Other locations within Entergy service territory (AR, LA, MS, TX) may be considered.

Provide a range of market and technical analyses to support the Entergy Operating Companies in the formulation of generation portfolio strategies and the evaluation of specific generation supply alternatives and transactions to achieve strategic objectives; support related corporate investment approval processes and regulatory processes (e.g., certification hearings).

• Support development of driver-based spreadsheet models to measure market value and customer economics of generation supply alternatives.
• Conduct analyses (relying on these models as well as specialized software such as production cost models) to assess the economic value and customer benefits of alternative generation resources (i.e., capital investment and contracts).
• Develop recommendations regarding specific proposed transactions.
• Support corporate investment approval process relating to generation supply transactions.
• Monitor and forecast market conditions in relevant power markets; forecast power prices (energy and capacity).
• Monitor market mechanics (e.g., MISO practices and protocols); assess implications of current and projected market conditions on the Entergy Operating Companies’ generation supply strategies.
• Support formulation of appropriate supply strategy recommendations.
• Communicate with external stakeholders such as State Commission and staff regarding generation supply matters.
• Support regulatory proceedings (e.g., Certifications) including preparation of filed testimony and responses to discovery requests.
• Participate with internal and external subject matter experts on efforts to ensure that opportunities relating to alternatives such as demand-side management, distributed generation, non-utility scale renewables, and energy storage are appropriately reflected in generation portfolio plans and strategies.
• Participate in cross‑function efforts with the Transmission Planning Organization to achieve integrated planning solutions that optimally meet planning objectives; support analyses to assess trade‑offs and synergies between generation and transmission alternatives.

• Education: BS/BA in a technical field such as Engineering, Math, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Accounting.
• Experience: 0‑2 years (I), 2‑4 years (II), 4‑5 years (III), 6+ years (Senior).
• Knowledge &
  
  Skills:
  
  Experience working in a regulated utility or energy field is a plus; experience with programming is a plus.

Texas – The Woodlands.

Up to 25%.

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