Xcel Energy
Gas Resource Planning Analyst or Senior
Denver, CO, 80205 · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$85k-$121kDetected 4 days ago
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About the role
- Assist in the evaluation of complex gas supply, transportation, and storage service plans for both the gas distribution and electric generation gas supply portfolios.
- Ensure accuracy of modeling, which is critical to prevent loss of gas and electric service to customers.
- Prepare and defend extensive regulatory filings to recover the costs related to the $2B annual gas fuel budget.
Responsibilities
- Develop/run/maintain long range, complex resource modeling for the gas supply portfolios for XE's gas and electric operations.
- Develop sophisticated resource models in Sendout and Plexos (portfolio optimization-linear or "stochastic" program models) to determine the optimal gas purchases for each operating business unit.
- Collaborate with Gas Supply to develop and implement each season's gas purchase plan estimated at $2B/year of expenditures.
- Create Design Day forecast projecting peak gas requirements for gas distribution and electric generation business units.
- Provide accurate information in support of XE's requests and written descriptions of Company practices/activities to regulators to obtain state commission approval for expended costs and avoid financial loss to shareholders.
- Support the litigation and/or settlement of the pipeline case by preparing financial models and preparing written testimony for others.
- Create filing schedule based on modeling efforts.
- Plan must optimize reliability and cost effectiveness of XE's $2B budget for gas supply, storage, and transportation.
- Evaluate market opportunities and perform analysis on proposed transactions.
- Minimum of 2 years of natural gas or electric industry experience, preferably in resource planning, design day modeling, or related areas of identifying, forecasting, and delivering energy resources.
Requirements
- BS degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, or closely related field.
- Equivalent work experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Knowledge of linear programming and model development required.
- Must have financial analysis skills to evaluate and compare service opportunities, written communication skills to prepare regulatory filings and testimony, and attention to detail to ensure accuracy of modeling.
- Knowledge of the natural gas industry and understanding of the various natural gas markets.
- Knowledge of Plexos.
- Master's degree.
- BS degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, or closely related field. Equivalent work experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Nice to have
- Preferred Requirements
Compensation
- Use Design Day forecast to determine the variety and quantity of transportation and storage contracts held across 12 geographically dispersed pipeline systems as well as when to modify or purchase additional transportation and storage capacity, estimated at $200M per year of expenditures.
- Prepare and defend extensive regulatory filings to recover the costs related to the $2B annual gas fuel budget.
- Prepare financial analysis of interstate and intrastate pipeline rate cases to determine the tariff rates XE will pay after litigation or settlement of the pipeline case.
- Prepare, implement, and maintain dynamic annual and long-range gas supply plans for the gas distribution and electric generation operating units.
- $84,900.00 to $120,566.00 per year
Benefits
- Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.
Company info
- We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day.
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