Strategic Power Planning Analyst

Cooperative Energy Incorporated (formally ECG); Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, vision & prescription

Health Savings Account

Life insurance & disability

401K with company match

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Cooperative Energy Incorporated is seeking a Planning Analyst I–IV to assist in long-range power cost forecasts, load forecasting, and resource planning for CEI Members. You will work with the VP of Member Power Supply Services to analyze market data, develop models, and support strategic decisions.

Placement within Levels I–IV depends on experience, technical skill, leadership, and impact. The role includes responsibilities from forecasting to procurement analysis and reporting for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Advanced spreadsheet, forecasting model, database, and quantitative analysis skills.
• Experience developing and using complex forecasting, financial, operational, or resource planning models.
• Strong forecasting, scenario analysis, data validation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain long-range power cost forecasts for CEI Members, including generation dispatch and load forecasts.
• Maintain and enhance generation resource dispatch models, planning models, datasets, and reporting processes.
• Review Member load forecasts, validate planning data, evaluate assumptions, and recommend changes when appropriate.
• Identify and evaluate future power supply alternatives, forecast costs, and assess impacts on resources.
• Support commercial operations through planning data, market and fuel price analysis, scenario modeling, and ad hoc reporting.
• Support power supply procurement, including solicitations, supplier communications, proposal evaluation, and contract analysis.
• Develop reports and recommendations for Members, management, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with technical staff to improve databases, programming, reporting tools, and wholesale power cost modeling capabilities.
• Document planning methodologies, assumptions, data sources, rules, and validation steps.

Skills

Forecasting models

Quantitative analysis

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Python

R

VBA

Job description

Cooperative Energy Incorporated is seeking a Planning Analyst I–IV to assist in long-range power cost forecasts, load forecasting, and resource planning for CEI Members. You will work with the VP of Member Power Supply Services to analyze market data, develop models, and support strategic decisions.

Placement within Levels I–IV depends on experience, technical skill, leadership, and impact. The role includes responsibilities from forecasting to procurement analysis and reporting for stakeholders.