Senior Transmission and Distribution Valuation Consultant

Description

• Participate in the energy transformation of the electric industry by providing analysis and insights of impacts on the T&D systems of plans developed by our teams for incorporation of non-emitting generation and other supply options for the decarbonization of the grid and retirement of existing assets.
• Advise clients acquiring or transferring T&D assets, via corporate acquisitions or regulated ownership transfer to municipalities or other governmental entities.
• Prepare detailed written reports describing analyses performed, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Assess current and projected operation and maintenance costs of the T&D systems.
• Deliver consulting services for assessment of value and condition of T&D assets, as well as the short-, medium-, and long-term expansion planning of these assets, including the costing of investments.
• Work with other team members in reviewing filed rate cases before regulatory commissions and filed FERC Form 1 reports, in assessing the regulatory accounting and of T&D assets and other aspects of network regulation, and in conducting financial modeling of T&D assets.
• Support business development efforts, including proposal preparation and client relationships.
• Conduct assessment of system impact, and of estimation of the economic value of the network assets of distribution utilities experiencing high levels of building and transportation electrification and deployment of distributed resources in their grids.
• Perform modeling and simulation of T&D networks to support short- and long-term planning, as an input for valuations.
• Work in project teams, ensuring quality of project results and completion within budget and schedule.

Requirements

• Experience with the assessment of impacts of utility scale and distributed energy resources on the T&D grids.
• Proven experience in T&D planning or other areas of utility network operations with distribution tools such as CYME, Synergy, Milsoft, and/or SINCAL—or transmission modeling expertise with a tool such as PSS/E and a desire to learn about and work in distribution valuation modeling.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, notably within the U.S.
• Experience managing consulting projects or with business development in a consulting environment.
• Experience advising transactions involving acquisition or ownership transfers of T&D assets or filing general rate cases.
• Proficiency with GIS tools such as ESRI ArcGIS or GE Smallworld.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, physics, mathematics or other STEM fields.
• Experience working with or supporting utilities, regulators, investors, or similar players in power industry.
• Experience with field work in utilities, preferably with condition assessment of network equipment, is highly desired.
• Expertise in wholesale electricity markets and power system operation is a plus.
• Demonstrable knowledge of technical and economic factors impacting expansion and operation of T&D network.
• Experience with transmission and distribution expansion and operations, preferably with planning teams.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance