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Working closely with the Vice President of Member Power Supply Services, you'll contribute to long-term resource planning, Member load forecasting, power cost modeling, scenario analysis, budgeting, reporting, resource evaluation, and strategic decision-making. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping shape future power supply strategies and supporting informed business decisions. Placement within Levels I-IV is based on your experience, technical expertise, ability to work independently, leadership contributions, and overall impact on the organization.\nResponsibilities\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities:\nPrepare and maintain long-range power cost forecasts for CEI Members, including generation dispatch, fixed-cost forecasts, load forecasts, and key assumptions.\nMaintain and enhance generation resource dispatch models, planning models, analytical datasets, and reporting processes.\nReview Member load forecasts, validate planning data, evaluate assumptions, and recommend changes when appropriate.\nIdentify and evaluate future power supply alternatives, forecast associated costs, and assess impacts on existing resources.\nAnalyze opportunities available from Oglethorpe Power, Green Power, regional market participants, and other suppliers; recommend appropriate participation levels.\nSupport commercial operations through planning data, market and fuel price analysis, scenario modeling, and ad hoc reporting.\nSupport power supply procurement, including solicitations, supplier communications, proposal evaluation, and contract negotiation analysis.\nDevelop reports and recommendations for Members, management, and other stakeholders.\nCoordinate with technical staff to improve databases, programming, reporting tools, and wholesale power cost modeling capabilities.\nDocument planning methodologies, assumptions, data sources, business rules, and validation steps.\nLevel Progression:\nPlanning Analyst I: Performs planning and analytical assignments with guidance while developing proficiency in load forecasting, power cost modeling, resource planning, reporting, and CEI business operations.\nPlanning Analyst II: Independently completes complex planning and forecasting assignments, develops analytical solutions, and provides recommendations to management and stakeholders.\nPlanning Analyst III: Leads major planning studies, forecasting initiatives, and resource evaluations; serves as a subject matter expert and provides guidance to other analysts.\nPlanning Analyst IV: Serves as CEI's lead planning resource; leads strategic planning initiatives, establishes methodologies and standards, advises leadership, and influences long-term resource decisions.\nQualifications\nRequired Skills and Abilities:\nAdvanced spreadsheet, forecasting model, database, and quantitative analysis skills.\nExperience developing and using complex forecasting, financial, operational, or resource planning models.\nStrong forecasting, scenario analysis, data validation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to analyze complex information, recognize trends, and communicate practical recommendations.\nStrong business acumen and the ability to explain planning assumptions, results, risks, and business impacts.\nExcellent communication, interpersonal, organization, and time-management skills.\nAbility to interpret and apply applicable policies, regulations, contracts, and industry requirements.\nDesired Skills and Experience:\nExperience with SQL, Power BI, Python, R, VBA, or other analytical technologies.\nExperience with statistical forecasting, scenario analysis, resource planning, automated reporting, or optimization models.\nElectric utility, wholesale power, energy market, commercial operations, budgeting, procurement, or strategic planning experience.\nEducation and Work Experience:\nBachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics, or a related field.\nPlanning Analyst I: Generally, two or more years of relevant planning, forecasting, modeling, or analytical experience.\nPlanning Analyst II: Generally, four or more years of relevant experience with demonstrated independence in complex planning and forecasting assignments.\nPlanning Analyst III: Generally, six or more years of relevant experience with demonstrated leadership of planning, forecasting, or resource evaluation initiatives.\nPlanning Analyst IV: Demonstrated expert-level capability and the ability to lead enterprise planning initiatives and influence strategic decisions. No fixed minimum years of experience are required.\nPrimary Objective of the Role:\nStrengthen CEI's long-range planning, forecasting, resource evaluation, and decision-support capabilities through reliable models, disciplined scenario analysis, clear reporting, and well-documented planning processes.\nLearn More Here\nBenefits\nCompetitive pay- Negotiable based upon experience\nMedical, dental, vision & prescription drug coverage\nHealth Savings Account\nLife insurance & disability\n401K with company match\nPaid holidays and time off\nLearn more about CEI at: https://ecg-llc.com/\nCooperative Energy Incorporated participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.\nAll contingent offers are based upon successful completion of our pre-employment verification process.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5624,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T11:20:36Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":73,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.807,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:3","win:mid","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T22:15:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":31428,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4420619},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4420619"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fecg-llc-planning-analyst-i-iv"}]}