Senior Grid & Interconnection Analyst
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Grid and interconnection analyst advancing solar and BESS projects for Solar Provider Group. Building screening tools, managing utility applications, and informing project valuation and strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Own SPG’s grid and interconnection analytics across distributed-generation solar, front-of-meter BESS, and utility-scale storage
- Build and run data, screening tools, and analyses to assess grid capacity, costs, timelines, and operating limits
- Screen and prioritize viable points of interconnection and advise on project interconnection viability
- Secure queue positions and advance applications through utility engagement and the interconnection process
- Run screening-level power-flow and hosting-capacity analyses on distribution and sub-transmission networks
- Scope and manage utility or consultant studies
- Analyze hosting-capacity data, queue data, utility filings, study results, and market dynamics to identify suitable development regions
- Screen candidate substations, feeders, and line taps; prepare and submit pre-applications and applications
- Provide interconnection go/no-go recommendations during site due diligence
- Review and manage interconnection and study agreements, deposits, milestones, and cost responsibility
- Propose flexible interconnection arrangements, including export or charging limits, curtailment, DC-coupled configurations, and adding storage to queued solar
- Build and maintain relationships with utility interconnection staff and liaise with utilities and grid operators
- Build and maintain automated hosting-capacity and queue-data tools, GIS maps, and interconnection inputs for site scorecards and project tracking boards
- Interpret utility technical studies and advise on project downsizing
- Establish interconnection cost and timeline benchmarks
- Assess BESS interconnection requirements and quantify their impact on project business cases
- Translate interconnection costs, schedules, and design changes into financial-model inputs
- Advise on interconnection strategy, new-market entry, cost allocation, congestion risks, and mitigation strategies
- Participate in utility and public utility commission working groups and track interconnection rule changes and proceedings
- Maintain accurate interconnection data and provide regular reporting on project status, schedules, budgets, and decisions
Requirements:
- 4–6 years’ experience in interconnection, distribution or transmission planning, or grid analytics for solar and/or BESS, including hands-on management of interconnection applications through study and agreement stages
- University degree in Electrical Engineering (power systems preferred), Energy Systems, or a related quantitative field
- PE, P.Eng., or EIT is a plus
- Strong analytical and technical competence combined with commercial acumen
- Working knowledge of state distribution interconnection rules, including Illinois and Virginia
- Working knowledge of PJM and MISO interconnection processes under FERC rules
- Experience with investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, municipal utilities, ISOs, RTOs, and public utility commissions in the United States preferred
- Experience working closely with engineers and technical teams and understanding of technical requirements and project development cycle
- Experience with BESS interconnection and utility-scale interconnection processes
- Understanding of hosting-capacity methods, cluster studies, flexible interconnection, curtailment, and generation shifting
- Thorough understanding of technical considerations and electrical theory
- Proficiency with grid modeling and simulation tools such as CYME, Synergi, OpenDSS, PSS/E, PowerFactory, or similar
- Python and/or SQL and advanced Excel required
- Familiarity with Power BI or similar is a plus
- Exposure to financial models for PV and BESS is a plus
- Experience with utility interconnection portals, hosting-capacity maps, and GIS data in QGIS or ArcGIS
- Ability to own a function with limited supervision, structure ambiguous problems, document and verify data sources, and use AI tools and automation
- Willingness and ability to travel occasionally in the United States and Canada
Benefits:
- Flexible/remote work arrangement
- Occasional travel in the United States and Canada to support project development activities
- Diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace
- Recruitment-process accommodations in accordance with applicable laws
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