Regulatory Rate Analyst I

Cleco; Pineville (LA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleco is seeking a Rate Analyst I to support regulatory reporting, tariff administration, rate design, and forecasting. This entry-level role collaborates with regulatory, accounting, engineering, and power supply teams to ensure compliance and sound financial analysis.

Key duties include preparing regulatory filings, maintaining tariffs, updating databases for economic analysis, performing load research, and assisting with grid resilience reporting while upholding SOX controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or Engineering
• Master's degree preferred
• 0-3+ years of related experience
• Business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry
• Knowledge of leading practices for their practice area
• Planning and project management skills
• Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
• Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment, present ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner

Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, sense of belonging, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Responsible for assisting in the analysis, preparation and filing of various regulatory reports as required by the regulatory bodies that oversee the utility as they relate to rates.
• Assists in monitoring the regulatory compliance of LPSC orders as they apply to Cleco and effects solutions to ensure compliance.
• Assists in preparing, maintaining, and filing of tariffs.
• Assists in maintaining and updating databases that are critical to the economic analysis, financial analysis, and other research needed for regulatory compliance and company business and economic development.
• Assists in performing forecasting and analytical services to support company development and growth.
• Assists in preparing the monthly unbilled revenue calculations.
• Assists in preparing the monthly Fuel and Environmental Cost Adjustments.
• Monitors, maintain, and ensure compliance with all SOX documented controls in Regulatory area.
• Provides analysis and support to other company departments in dealing with rates related questions, data, and issues.
• Support the grid resiliency program by coordinating quarterly and semi-annual compliance reporting from across the various lines of business, provide the calculation of semiannual grid resilience rates based on the projected revenue requirements, coordination of LPSC semi-annual prudency review.

Skills

Analytical skills

Compliance

Policy and Regulation

Law and Regulation

Document Management

Database Reporting

Database User Interfaces and Queries

Information Retrieval and Searching

Development Environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Cleco is seeking a Rate Analyst I to support regulatory reporting, tariff administration, rate design, and forecasting. This entry-level role collaborates with regulatory, accounting, engineering, and power supply teams to ensure compliance and sound financial analysis.

Key duties include preparing regulatory filings, maintaining tariffs, updating databases for economic analysis, performing load research, and assisting with grid resilience reporting while upholding SOX controls.