Omaha Public Power District · 16 hours ago
Energy Resource Planner
Omaha, NE
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$99K/yr - $124K/yr
2+ years expOmaha Public Power District is the 12th-largest public power utility in the U.S., serving over 850,000 people. The Energy Resource Planner conducts complex technical analysis to support resource planning activities, including forecasting and evaluating energy investments to optimize costs and sustainability while ensuring system reliability.
Electrical DistributionEnergyFuel
Responsibilities
Develops periodic forecasts for asset fuel consumption, generation, and market performance utilizing specialized industry market modeling tools
Models generation assets and system energy requirements within the SPP Integrated Marketplace utilizing generation dispatch software
Supports development of forecasts for natural gas, coal, and power prices in collaboration with OPPD’s fuel and electricity market technical experts
Calibrates dispatch modeling software based on historical observations and provides variance analyses as required
Supports economic optimization of the generation outage planning to minimize negative financial impacts
Develops models to evaluate recommendations arising from Southwest Power Pool (SPP) working groups
Prepares formal 5-year IRP in accordance with requirements outlined by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)
Provides analytical expertise to support department and organizational planning activities
Provides state-of-the-art expertise and creative problem solving to internal customers on a variety of non-routine efforts
Coordinates with other departments to support parallel planning efforts, policy analysis, regulatory analysis, and economic analysis of potential projects or programs
Assists in the analysis, preparation, review and documentation support for the strategic financial, and operations planning, Rating Agency presentations, and other scenarios as requested by management
Provides quality assurance reviews and support for all modeling efforts of the department
Prepares and completes data submittals for external entities including SPP, EIA, and WAP
Supports technical analysis in development of OPPD's Integrated Resource Planning efforts on an ongoing basis to support supply and demand side resource decisions
Conducts portfolio level analysis of energy resource investments including both demand and supply-side options to optimize financial cost and risk while ensuring environmental sustainability goals and reliability requirements are met
Evaluates the value of traditional and emerging technologies within the utility industry and their potential current and future financial impacts
Creates clear and effective written reports and visual presentations to communicate results of analyses internally and externally
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, engineering or other related business or scientific discipline
Minimum 2 plus years of analytical work related experience
Education and experience conducting complex economic, techno-economic, and/or financial modeling including any of the following: forecasting, decision analysis, financial/economic modeling, stochastic analysis, time-series analysis and/or quantitative risk analysis
Requires thoroughness, accuracy, excellent documentation skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, self-motivation and management skills, effective presentation skills and the ability to work in a team environment
Ability to work under time constraints and organize and manage several projects simultaneously
Ability to pass background check to obtain Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) clearance
Preferred
Master's degree in economics, finance, engineering, or related field is desired, (MBA and/or CFA preferred)
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of data management systems and data visualization tools with the ability to develop and use complex models or specialized computer applications
Company
Omaha Public Power District
Omaha Public Power District is a public electric utility in the state of Nebraska.
1001-5000 employees
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Javier Fernandez
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Kate W. Brown
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