Resource Planning Analyst II or Senior

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The below job summary and responsibilities reflect the duties of the Resource Planning Analyst II Senior Resource Planning Analyst will differ as more skills and/or experience will be required. The successful candidate will be placed at a level that is commensurate with the candidates skills and experience.

Position Summary

Analyze develop and implement resource expansion plans to meet electric system growth requirements for the Xcel operating utility companies all within the resource bidding / integrated resource planning requirements of each state.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive plans to obtain or add new capacity and energy resources in the most cost effective manner. Such plans and processes must be developed for each company and state within resource planning / acquisition rules that govern the expansion of the system / addition of new generation and/or purchased power resources.

• Interface with regulators intervenors including political and special interest groups customers and power suppliers to obtain consensus support and/or regulatory approval of optimal resource plans. This includes filing of testimony negotiations and presentations.

• Plan and perform expansion plan and production cost economic modeling of alternative supply plans and resources to develop optimal portfolios incorporating consideration of various scenarios and risks (e.g. fuel prices electric market prices reliability criteria environmental requirements technology development scenarios etc.)

• Interface and work with Forecasting Risk Management Trading Gas Supply Coal Supply Transmission Operations and other Xcel groups to incorporate short-term and long-range considerations into the optimal resource plans including transmission constraints growth forecasts fuel and electricity market price risks etc.

• In conjunction with Risk Management ensure that the expansion plan and production cost modeling of the utility power systems is accurate and current in terms of fuel costs production capability (heat rates capacity starting and variable operating cost etc.) contract terms (scheduling flexibility constraints availability etc.).

• Design and execute solicitations for new long term capacity and energy resources. Evaluate offers using financial economic environmental and other criteria using expansion and production cost models decision analysis and other quantitative tools. Recommend best offers that meet need and criteria to senior executives for contract negotiation and execution.

Minimum Requirements - Analyst II ($97600 - $138600)

• Bachelors degree inengineering finance economics operations research mathematics business.

• At least five years utility experience in work functions such as plant engineering or operations forecasting rates load research or similar function that provides candidate with understanding of generation planning and system modeling techniques

Preferred Requirements - Analyst II

• Graduate work in engineering business administrationfinance economics operations research or decision analysis preferred.

• Modeling experience in EnCompass Plexos or similar platforms; or nodal analysis tools such as PROMOD or similar platforms; or electric and natural gas markets and price forecasting OR

• Experience in generation project development including origination scoping design or execution

• Strong proficiency in Excel and Python

Minimum Requirements - Senior Analyst ($112200 - $159400)

• Bachelors degree in engineering mathematics economics or quantitative analysis.

• At least eight years utility experience in work functions such as plant engineering or operations forecasting rates load research or similar function that provides candidate with understanding of generation planning and system modeling techniques.

• At least three years modeling experience with expansion or production simulation models.

Preferred Requirements - Senior Analyst

• Masters Degree in engineering finance economics operations research mathematics business administration.

• Extensive system knowledge of at least one of the larger Xcel Energy utilities.

• Modeling experience in EnCompass Plexos or similar platforms; or nodal analysis tools such as PROMOD or similar platforms; or electric and natural gas markets and price forecasting OR

• Experience in generation project development including origination scoping design or execution

• Strong proficiency in Excel and Python

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