Hybrid Operations Data Analyst: DER & Grid Analytics

TheCorporate LLC; Town of Oakland (WI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TheCorporate LLC is seeking an Operations Data Analyst, Expert to join our team in Oakland and support a hybrid work arrangement with a remote office and a designated Oakland headquarters. The role focuses on advancing assessment and valuation of flexible load resources and integrating them into planning and operations to unlock new capacity and defer or avoid infrastructure expansion.

Ideal candidates will bring strong analytical and power systems skills, the ability to run complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, CS, engineering or equivalent.
• 5 years of related experience or equivalent.
• Experience with programming and scripting languages, such as Python and SQL.
• Experience with data warehousing, data quality, and ETL techniques.
• Experience with data processing tools such as Excel, SharePoint, and Microsoft Lists.
• Experience with financial and techno-economic modeling.

Responsibilities

• Strategy: Identify opportunities to develop criteria and methodologies for incorporating flexible load resources into planning scenarios by working with planners to identify areas with overloads, reliability issues, and operational risks.
• Strategy: Connect with experts to understand available data sources and develop strategies that support the efficient management and application of that data to inform key decision-making.
• Strategy: Support the development of executive and board-level materials by synthesizing analytical findings, insights, and recommendations for key stakeholders and decision makers.
• Strategy: Support regulatory strategy, proceedings, stakeholder engagement, and DER valuation discussions with the CPUC, CEC, California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and other stakeholders.
• Analysis: Leverage research and analysis to provide insights to planning and operations professionals on cost-effective ways to use flexible load resources to solve grid constraints.
• Analysis: Design and execute field studies and planning analyses to validate the firmness, duration, and magnitude of load relief, rate impacts, and financial outcomes delivered by DERs.
• Analysis: Develop an inventory of technical requirements to inform future load management program design and regulatory filings aligned withTrue North Strategy.
• Analysis: Support the development, enhancement, and application of analytical tools, including complex techno-economic modeling, forecasting, data analysis, and program evaluation, to help inform internal load management and DER strategy.
• Analysis: Gather, evaluate, and manage market, financial, regulatory, and other relevant industry data to support DER valuation and cost-effectiveness analyses.
• Analysis: Develop dashboards, visualizations, and executive-ready materials that translate complex technical and financial analyses into actionable recommendations.
• Project and Change Management: Serve as a liaison between the LMS&P and Transmission and Distribution planning teams to integrate learnings into planning, procurement, and business processes to leverage flexible resources at scale.
• Project and Change Management: Conduct benchmarking studies and use relevant industry data to support program and strategy development. Serve as the point person for cross-utility benchmarking and industry initiatives.
• Project and Change Management: Collaborate with valuation and strategy leads to develop and apply DER valuation methodologies, including project planning, tool deployment, progress tracking, and stakeholder communications.
• Project and Change Management: Coordinate with internal teams, external vendors, aggregators, and industry partners to evaluate flexible load capabilities, data requirements, and implementation pathways.
• Project and Change Management: Partner with program and customer-facing teams to ensure flexible load solutions are technically viable, cost-effective, scalable, and aligned with customer needs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Modeling

Action-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Python

SQL

Excel

SharePoint

Microsoft Lists

Power BI

Job description

TheCorporate LLC is seeking an Operations Data Analyst, Expert to join our team in Oakland and support a hybrid work arrangement with a remote office and a designated Oakland headquarters. The role focuses on advancing assessment and valuation of flexible load resources and integrating them into planning and operations to unlock new capacity and defer or avoid infrastructure expansion.

Ideal candidates will bring strong analytical and power systems skills, the ability to run complex