Utility Analyst -II - Energy Resources; Resource Planning Department

Position: Utility Analyst I-II - Energy Resources (Resource Planning Department)
Description

Please Note:

This recruitment may close at any time upon receiving 75 applications.

JOB SUMMARY

Perform a variety of professional duties involved in the planning, analysis, development and use of District resources including, but not limited to electric generation, electric, financial, & fuel contracts market integrations and support, energy trading & scheduling, settlements, resource planning, rates, and risk management.

These positions may be rotated from time to time.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The class of Utility Analyst I differs from that of Utility Analyst II in that those incumbents of the Utility Analyst I class perform less varied, complex or technical tasks. A position in the Utility Analyst II class is filled by advancement from the class of Utility Analyst I. Incumbents of the Utility Analyst II class are expected to independently and successfully perform a wide variety of difficult and complex work.

Adequate performance requires knowledge of District policies and procedures, and the ability to choose among a number of alternatives in solving problems. Work is normally reviewed only on completion for overall results.

Examples of Duties

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Utility Analyst - Energy Resources may be assigned a wide variety of duties and responsibilities. Typical assignments may include, but are not limited to:

In the field of Resource Planning:

Analyze and produce a variety of studies, forecasts, and schedules related to power generation, fuel contracts, and transmission to meet system needs and abnormal contingencies.

Determine and recommend desirable generation investments and long-term generation, transmission, and fuel contracts that will enable the District to meet its electric and environmental obligations and goals reliably and economically. Negotiate long-term contracts and transactions for such resources that are approved.

Develop multi-year load-forecast information and use it in various analyses, including revenue projections.

Coordinate long-term planning activities for resource acquisition; develop the long-term load forecasts and the integrated resource planning study; and maintain the load research program.

Represent the District in legislative, community, professional and agency proceedings at the federal, state, and local levels with the goal of shaping the design & implementation of energy regulation and policy.

Develop compliance filings for environmental regulations such as the Renewable Portfolio Standard, and Cap and Trade.

Develop, analyze, and communicate the District's Purchased Power and Fuel Budget.

In the field of Trading & Scheduling:

Analyze and produce short and intermediate-term schedules for the operation of generating units and plants in accordance with power plant and unit characteristics, power sales contracts, gas contracts and water deliveries to District electric load in the most economical way.

Analyze and produce instructions, procedures, logs, records and reports related to load dispatching and field operations, and general instruction orders for energy resource scheduling and dispatching; review daily system record for general instruction orders, compliance and accuracy.

Analyze and produce a variety of studies, forecasts and schedules related to power generation to meet system needs and abnormal contingencies.

Identify and negotiate short and intermediate-term wholesale contracts and transactions that will maximize beneficial use of District generation, transmission, contracts, and related assets.

Analyze and make recommendations for managing participation in the ancillary services markets; manage projects for development implementation and training of new processes related to power scheduling.

May serve as Energy Trader I or Energy Trader II. May require working up to 12-hour shifts, nights, and weekends, and may be required to be on-call for limited periods of time.

In the field of Rates:

Determine District utility retail cost to provide services by preparing a Cost-of-Service study identifying unbundled costs by customer class.

Produce District retail revenue estimates for the coming year and projections of revenue over a multi-year period using the most current demand forecast information.

Prepare a competitive position report identifying the competitive position of the District's products and services. Determine if new rates should be designed or existing rate structures redesigned through the competitive comparison of rates with other utilities' rates and District's cost to provide the service. Prepare new or revise rate design for products and services. Determine impact on individual customers for any rate change.

Produce District retail revenue estimates for the coming year and projections of revenue over a ten-year period. Develop and use demand forecast information in determining these revenues and resource availability.

Prepare and analyze material related to the cost structure for each rate schedule. Analyze customer usage data for use in…