Demand Flexibility Analytics Intern in Sunnyvale, California at Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority

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The Demand Flexibility Analytics Intern will join SVCE’s small but mighty Demand Flexibility team to conduct research and deliver analytical insights that support flexibility initiatives. Working closely with experts across SVCE’s Customer Success and Risk, Analytics, and Data teams, the intern will analyze the value of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and other demand flexibility solutions for the grid, SVCE, and customers.

This role will focus on developing user-friendly dashboards, conducting quantitative analyses, and researching emerging technologies related to demand flexibility. Projects may include evaluating a wide range of costs and benefits of flexible load resources, documenting industry developments, and identifying potential program opportunities.

Supervision and Support System

This position reports directly to the Demand Flexibility Manager, with additional guidance from the Manager of Energy Services.

About Silicon Valley Clean Energy

Formed in 2016, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) is a Community Choice Energy provider serving approximately 280,000 residential and commercial customer accounts in thirteen Santa Clara County communities. The SVCE mission is to provide customers with electricity generated from renewable and carbon-free sources at competitive rates, and further accelerate decarbonization through deployment of innovative local programs. Key program areas include: building electrification, electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, supporting local policies that advance electrification, and demand management.

SVCE is a joint-powers agency governed by a Board of Directors comprised of an elected official from each of the thirteen SVCE member communities. By providing reliable and responsive electricity service at competitive rates, SVCE maintains a 96+% customer participation rate and a strong financial foundation. Access to clean electricity has helped our communities take a major step in fighting climate change by reducing local emissions. Yet, supplying clean electricity is just one part of the solutions needed to ensure a pollution-free future. It is essential that SVCE continues to proactively engage with our customers and community stakeholders in the electrification journey - helping to inspire, educate, and enable action in transitioning from fossil fuels to clean electricity – in homes, buildings, and transportation.

The SVCE Culture

Achieving SVCE’s ambitious and urgent mission requires a team capable of meeting the tremendous challenges embedded in these goals. SVCE develops and fosters a diverse and talented team that thrives in a dynamic and fast-changing environment. As such, at SVCE we recruit and retain smart, passionate, innovative, and collaborative employees. Company employees contribute, as a team and as individuals, to continuously building and supporting a culture of collaboration and trust. SVCE employees encourage creativity and the free flow of ideas to spur innovation. The workplace environment is adaptable, and technology enabled to drive innovative solutions. SVCE emphasizes focus and prioritization across departments to achieve quality, rather than simply quantity of output. SVCE provides a rewarding workplace experience where productivity can be maintained across a variety of work environments. SVCE provides opportunities for growth, engagement, and support professional and personal development. SVCE offers opportunities that position their people, as well as SVCE, for success.

More information can be found at: www.svcleanenergy.org

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build 1–2 Microsoft Power BI dashboards that calculate and visualize the monetary value of demand flexibility resources to SVCE across different end-use loads and customer capabilities. Leverage SVCE’s cloud-based data warehouse using SQL, Python, and Git to analyze and interpret large datasets.
• Research load flexibility solutions across customer classes, rates, building sizes, and end-use applications.
• Develop and maintain a research catalog of emerging technologies and industry trends to share with internal stakeholders.

What will S.E.T. you up for success

Skills

• Proficiency in analyzing large and complex datasets using Python or R (e.g., pandas, Jupyter Notebook, VS Code).
• Experience using SQL to extract, manipulate, and aggregate data from cloud-based data warehouses.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker Studio.
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub and version control best practices.
• Experience with data wrangling and validating data quality across multiple data sources.
• Strong analytical thinking and curiosity in generating actionable insights and recommendations.

Experience

• Rising senior, recent graduate, or graduate student pursuing a degree in a quantitative field such as Information Systems, Energy Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, or a related discipline.
• Graduate students preferred.
• Preferred familiarity with energy markets, distributed energy resources (DERs), Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), and/or demand flexibility concepts.

Trails

• Quick learner
• Self-motivated
• Collaborative
• Technical
• Strong communicator
• Detail-orientated

Physical and Working Conditions:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Work Location & Requirements:

• SVCE is a Hybrid work location out of Sunnyvale, CA.
• Onsite attendance required as needed by the supervisor, team, and department.
• Required attendance for company Quarterly-In-Person-Days.
• Occasionally needed for Monthly Board Meetings – second Wednesday of the month; approximately 5:30 – 10:00 pm.
• Valid California Class C driver’s license required.
• Ability to perform standard office-based physical activities with reasonable accommodations.

Environment

Work is performed in a typical office setting with exposure to computer screens and at public events (fairs, meeting rooms, farmers’ markets, etc.) with moderate noise and will require some evening and weekend work. The noise level in the work environment is usually typical of an office environment and public events.

Physical

While performing the duties of this class, employees are regularly required to sit, walk, and stand; talk or hear, in person and by telephone; reach with hands and arms. Employees are occasionally required to walk, and stand for prolonged periods; stoop, bend, kneel and twist; and may lift up to twenty pounds. Employees must be able to communicate in person, in writing, and by telephone with Board members, management, co-workers, vendors, consultants, and with the public in face-to-face, one-on-one, and group settings.

Vision

See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and operate assigned equipment.

Hearing

Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

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