Clean Energy Senior Specialist, Non-Pipeline Solutions

Overview

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with gas personnel and other stakeholders to identify NPA opportunities throughout gas service territory.
• Develop, launch, and operate Non-Pipe Alternatives (NPAs) by engaging with various market participants and customer segments, considering the implementation of a variety of innovative solutions (heat pump and energy efficiency technologies), conducting benefit-cost analyses, and developing optimal solutions for differing areas of the service territory to achieve infrastructure elimination requirements.
• Oversee various aspects of program portfolio development and implementation, which includes, but is not limited to, collaborations with existing programs, strategic engagement, evaluation, measurement and verification, QA/QC, data tracking systems, and engineering groups.
• Consult with the Department of Public Service Staff on NPA programs and file appropriate documentations, including, but not limited to, NPA Implementation Plans, Benefit-Cost Analyses, and Annual Reports.
• Work to successfully develop and deliver on targeted goals. Establish, formalize, and operationalize rules and requirements needed cross-departmentally to oversee the development and implementation of NPAs.
• Coordinate activities and cross-functional work with various gas/electric operations, engineering, energy services and finance areas of the Company to foster the identification, development, budgeting, and implementation of Non-Pipe Alternatives.
• Establish processes, policies, and procedures for the regular consideration/integration of Non-Pipe Alternatives into the Company or external entity planning.
• Work with Procurement team to develop procurement mechanisms (RFPs, RFIs, etc.) and support the project delivery process including contract negotiation, execution management, and/or modifications of solutions or vendors to eliminate additional infrastructure investment in targeted areas.
• Manage relationships with vendors, customers, as well as internal and external stakeholders by responding to inquiries and providing an excellent customer experience.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Corporate Affairs, and Market Research & Analytics teams to design and run outreach efforts to encourage the adoption of building electrification/decarbonization solutions by selected customers.
• Collaborate with other Company, city, county, and state (NYSERDA) energy efficiency, electrification and demand response programs as needed.
• Benchmark with other utilities on NPA development and innovative solutions and technologies.
• Ensure secure, complete, and accurate collection of program information, including monitoring, tracking, and accrual of costs.
• Program Management, process design, and documentation of activities throughout project lifecycle to meet milestones and Key Performance Indicators.
• Communicate status of NPAs, from design to closeout, among the Customer Energy Solutions teams, senior leadership, governmental/regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders by giving presentations and providing performance reports.
• Review Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Measurement & Verification plans, reports, and studies for compliance with a focus on process improvement.
• Commit to the ideals of developing a proactive, customer-centric culture to foster trust and confidence among customers (both internal and external) and improve value for all our stakeholders.
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and three (3) years of work experience or
• Master's Degree and two (2) years of work experience.

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Energy Management, Environmental Studies, Business/Economics, or related field and three (3) years of work experience
• Master's Degree Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Energy Management, Environmental Studies, Business/Economics, or related field and Two (2) years of work experience.

• Experience with building electrification/decarbonization, energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, and/or demand management from a utility, governmental organization or participating vendor perspective, required.
• History of project management and knowledge of available tools, required.
• Proven leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to drive results by collaborating with stakeholders to build consensus, required.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, focus on process documentation and the ability to see the big picture with strong attention to detail, required.
• Strong communications, presentation, writing and analytical skills, required.
• Flexibility to deal with ambiguity and comfortable working in a dynamic environment, required.
• Ability to make decisions in real-time, under pressure, required.
• Initiative to continually refine and improve processes or procedures, required.
• Delivery of an exceptional customer experience, required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote), required.
• Experience in the electric utility industry with specific knowledge related to energy services requests for new or additional electric load, electric customer engineering, operations, and construction, preferred.
• Experience in the natural gas industry with specific knowledge related to gas distribution engineering and resource planning, gas supply procurement, construction, and energy consuming technologies common to residential and commercial buildings, preferred.
• Technical and/or public policy writing skills, preferred.
• Familiar with New York State's Reforming the Energy Vision, Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), Con Edison's Clean Energy Commitment, Con Edisons rate case in the areas of Non-Pipe Alternatives, Non-Wires Solutions, electrification, energy efficiency, building decarbonization and distributed energy resources (DERS), preferred.
• Experience with mapping software, such as Esri GIS software for mapping and spatial analytics (i.e., ArcFM), and software languages, such as SQL, preferred.
• Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite and Microsoft Power BI, preferred.

• Driver's License Required

• Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.
• Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.