Senior Electric Vehicle Load Forecasting Analyst

Description

• Future Impact Forecasting - Projecting how transportation electrification will impact PSE's customer growth and load in the future, providing essential inputs for PSE's load forecasting models
• Develops/improves processes for more geographically granular forecasting/planning.
• Conducts analyses related to growth and load impacts and the forecast using PSE systems, AMI interval data, and other data sources. Ingests and prepares data for PSE’s load forecast.
• Manages annual adoption and load forecast updates developed by external vendor, including oversight of external vendor contracts and developing scopes of work as needed.
• Monitors actual EV trends related to EV adoption, PSE customer growth, and load impacts, as well as new PSE programs and rates involving electric vehicles.
• Responsible for cross-team collaboration to build and maintain comprehensive records of PSE's existing EV data sources and models.
• Identifies data needed to track actual EV activity in PSE's service area, and collaborates with various PSE teams to develop reports and communications.
• Creates comprehensive dashboards and reports to consolidate transportation electrification intelligence across the organization.
• Spearheads development of new modeling requirements to enhance forecasting capabilities related to impacts of EV adoption and charging.
• Participates in external stakeholder conferences and workshops on behalf of PSE as needed.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with statistical analyses, forecasting and econometric theory.
• Experience with SAS, SQL, R, Python or other data analytic programming tools.
• Experience with databases and using database applications to support analysis.
• Current Impact Analysis - Understanding how transportation electrification is currently affecting PSE's customer growth and electrical load
• Maintains knowledge of current and potential policy changes impacting EV adoption and charging infrastructure at federal, state, and local levels.
• Solid written, interpersonal, and group communication skills.
• Knowledge of energy forecasting tools such as Itron MetrixND/LT and Forecast Manager, LoadSEER, and EViews.
• Experience with SAP BW, SAP HANA, PI.
• Experience with data visualization and dashboard reporting software such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Math, or related field.
• Seven (7) years of relevant work experience, including five (5) years of experience in an energy related industry involving performance of complex analysis.
• Superior Excel spreadsheet skills including development of charts, and familiarity with the other Microsoft applications such as Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Demonstrated creative problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills, and experience collaborating across multiple groups within an organization.
• Experience building complex spreadsheets to analyze questions.
• Experience in economic or energy-related forecasting, data science, energy efficiency evaluation or related field.
• Ph.D. or master’s degree in business, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to be supportive team member.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance