Clean Energy Senior Specialist - DRI Distribution Planning

Job Info

112321

Posting Expiration Date: May 31, 2024

Schedule Type: Full-Time

Minimum Salary: $125000

Maximum Salary: $135000

Organization: Dist Resource Integration

Department: Distribution Planning

Section: DRI Distribution Planning

Location: NY-New York-4 Irving Pl Headquarters

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Job Description

Mission Statement

• Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company’s mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities – safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Core Responsibilities

• As the adoption for electrification increases rapidly across the transportation, building, and heating spaces, the distribution grid will need to similarly evolve to accommodate these energy demands and meet customer expectations. The Senior Specialist in the Distribution System Innovative Planning and Analytics (DPA) group will help steer the development of a comprehensive, proactive, and risk-adjusted distribution load relief planning strategy through analytics to address future electrification and provide insight to Clean Energy Solutions (CES) programs on the value and opportunity of capital deferment.

• The candidate will assist in collecting data across energy efficiency, demand management, and electrification programs as well as other sources to help calculate and communicate the effect of these resources on the electric, gas, and steam distribution systems.

• The Senior Specialist will be responsible for critical tasks such as capital planning design, capital cost deferment analytics, forecasting and modeling, key coordination efforts across various organizations, and support the communication and engagement with internal and external stakeholders including rate case submittals.

• Develop proactive planning techniques that will enable a nimble distribution grid to support electrification policy goals, prioritize high-value ''no-regrets'' grid upgrades, while being efficient for longer term consumer needs.

• Work closely with the E-mobility and Forecasting teams to understand how transportation electrification adoption is modeled, development of load forecasts, and the system impacts.

• Help coordination between Engineering teams to develop a new Proactive Planning framework for analysis and implementation.

• Help drive coordination amongst the Energy Efficiency, Demand Management, Storage, EV, and DG teams to determine best pricing signals, programs, and/or use cases to incentive DER developers to interconnect in identified areas of need while providing value to the Company, developer, and rate payer.

• Coordinate with Transmission Planning on renewable resource adequacy needs to ensure DER use cases are designed with maximum value to both the distribution systems, as well as firming renewable energy generation.

• By using probabilistic forecasting models, help perform detailed studies on electrification growth impact on the distribution grid (network and non-network) to identify preliminary areas of concern and provide innovative solutions that utilize DER assets to deliver the lowest cost long-term solutions.

• Create processes to regularly update CES programs on the total potential value of flexible demand management strategies to mitigate or defer the need of system reinforcements.

• Develop Peak-Day 24-hour forecasts for all load areas to anticipate changes system delivery needs caused by increased transportation, building, and heating electrification.

• Help drive coordination amongst the Energy Efficiency, Demand Management, Storage, EV, and DG teams to provide system impact forecasting to Commodity Forecasting as needed.

• Engage with regulators, and support the reporting requirements of DPA objectives to New York Public Service Commission

• Perform any tasks related to authoring white papers, rate case filings and other regulatory documentation.

• Support DPA group on presentations, workshops, and seminars for internal and external stakeholders

• Commit to the ideals of developing a proactive, customer-centric culture to foster trust and confidence among customers (both internal and external) and improve value for all our stakeholders.

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, science, economics, information technology, business, environmental studies, or related field and 3 years relevant work experience. or

• Master's Degree in engineering, science, economics, information technology, business, environmental studies, or related field and 2 years relevant work experience.

Preferred Education/Experience

• Master's Degree in engineering, science, economics, information technology, business, environmental studies, or related field and 2 years relevant work experience.

Relevant Work Experience

• Good communication, negotiation, and organizational skills and accountability. Required

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and render sound business decisions. Required

• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of management, as well as with customers, vendors, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Required

• Well-organized, detail-oriented, flexible to handle multiple assignments and projects, able to implement process improvements, and able to meet deadlines. Required

• Ability to conduct presentations to audiences of all sizes and types. Required

• Strong knowledge of computer applications such as MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Projects) Required

• Strong analytical skills and experience in gathering and interpreting data. Required

• Relevant work experience including technical knowledge of Con Edison's electrical system, energy storage systems, project management, and construction. Preferred

• Relevant experience and knowledge on forecasting, demand management programs, and capital deferment mechanisms. Preferred

• Experience and/or working knowledge of the capital planning process. Preferred

• Knowledge of data management and presentation applications (Tableu, PowerBI, etc.) Preferred

Licenses & Certifications

• Driver's License Required

Other Physical Demands

• Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.

• Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.

Technical Difficulty Statement

• For technical issues, please contact us at [email protected]

Equal Opportunity Employer

• Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of the individual’s actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other actual or perceived status protected by law.