Principal Analyst, Large Load Intelligence - 26150

Enverus; Calgary; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Enverus in Calgary is seeking a role focused on large load and data center research, influencing significant decisions in utilities and energy. The candidate will be deeply involved with key stakeholders such as utility executives and institutional investors, providing insights on location attractiveness and operational characteristics of hyperscale data centers.

This position offers the chance to engage directly with clients through research, presentations, and strategic collaborations. Strong knowledge of utility regulation and experience with rate cases are essential.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with utility rate cases and integrated resource plans.
• Working knowledge of utility regulation and FERC/state PUC dynamics.
• Comfort translating complex technical material into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on data centers and industrial loads across North America.
• Develop siting frameworks evaluating location attractiveness.
• Lead client engagement through calls and presentations.

Skills

Utility rate cases

Integrated resource plans (IRPs)

Large load siting

Generator interconnection

Large customer tariffs

Education

Professional designation (P.Eng., JD, MBA, MS/PhD)

Tools

Python

SQL

Advanced Excel modeling

Job description

The role

You’ll be in the room, virtually and physically, with hyperscalers, utility executives, IPP developers, and institutional investors deciding where the next wave of data centers and electrified industrials connect to the grid. Most client questions land on three axes: where to site new load, how local utility rates and tariffs actually mean, and what the surrounding power market looks like. Your work will shape billion‑dollar siting decisions, rate case filings, and IRPs across North America. This is an in‑office role based at our Calgary headquarters with regular travel to the US for client meetings and conferences.

A day on the team

Example activities include taking a 30‑minute call to compare utility tariffs for a 500 MW build, reading a rate case order and translating its implications to a private equity client, writing a 600‑word note on recent IRP filings, walking a developer’s commercial team through the interconnection landscape across PJM, ERCOT, and MISO, and speaking at industry conferences regarding transmission queue reform and large‑load policy.

Who thrives on this team

Your intelligence is broad, not narrow. You’re more interested in solving the whole problem than being the deepest specialist on one piece. You ask for help early, understand that excellent and on time outperforms perfect and late, prefer a tight one‑pager to a 40‑slide deck, take the work seriously, and seek to be a direct contributor to infrastructure development, bridging data analysis to real‑world implementation.

What you’ll own

• Large load and data center research – build and maintain the definitive view on the pipeline, siting, and operational characteristics of hyperscale data centers and other large industrial loads across North America.
• Siting frameworks – develop how clients evaluate location attractiveness across transmission capacity, interconnection queues, utility tariffs, latency, water, land, and policy.
• Utility rate cases & IRPs – track and interpret rate case filings, integrated resource plans, large‑load tariffs, and special contracts, and translate them into actionable insight for clients.
• BTM integration – cover the economics, reliability, and emissions implications of behind‑the‑meter generation, storage, and microgrid configurations supporting large loads.
• Client engagement – independently lead calls and presentations with corporate strategy teams, hyperscalers, utilities, IPPs, and institutional investors.
• Published research – author and publish notes, reports, and dashboards through the Enverus Prism platform that get quoted in trade press and earn invites to industry stages.
• Cross‑team collaboration – partner with Power Market Fundamentals, Power Assets, and Commercial teams so your work compounds with theirs.

Must‑haves

• Clear, confident, curious, and can hold your own with a utility CFO, a developer’s commercial lead, or a hyperscaler’s VP of energy in one afternoon.
• Direct experience with at least two of: utility rate cases, IRPs, large load siting, generator interconnection, or large customer tariffs – from a utility, hyperscaler, developer, consultancy, law firm, ISO/RTO, regulator, or research/data provider.
• Working knowledge of utility regulation: cost‑of‑service ratemaking, IRP processes, and FERC / state PUC dynamics.
• A track record of doing real things well; we care more about what you’ve built than your GPA.
• Comfort translating dense regulatory and technical material into clear, actionable insight for executive audiences.
• Willingness to live in Calgary and travel to the US for client meetings, conferences, and site visits.

Helpful, but not required

• Python, SQL, or advanced Excel modeling.
• Hands‑on experience designing BTM generation, storage, or microgrid systems.
• Professional designation (P.Eng., JD, MBA, MS/PhD).
• Existing relationships in the hyperscaler, utility, or developer community.

What success looks like in your first 12 months

• Own large load coverage end‑to‑end and become the name clients ask for by Q3.
• Publish at least one piece of research that gets quoted in trade press.
• Be on stage at two industry conferences and host a quarterly client roundtable.
• Partner with product and data science to ship something on the Prism platform that wouldn’t exist without you.
• Build relationships across Power Market Fundamentals, Power Assets, and Commercial that compound your work.