Hybrid Senior Rates Analyst

at DTE Energy

• Job title: Senior Rates Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Detroit, United States

About the role

• Senior Rates Analyst performing regulatory compliance and case management activities for DTE Energy. Supporting tariff changes and regulatory filings with a focus on corporate objectives.

Responsibilities

• Perform rate, tariff, regulatory compliance, and case management activities to support corporate regulatory policy and goals to be in alignment with overall corporate goals and objectives;
• Assist in supporting the development of strategies to enable the achievement of those objectives;
• Provide support to leaders in developing the presentation of those positions before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and their Staffs.
• Coordinate the implementation of rate changes and the administration of existing rates and tariffs.
• Prepare reports, reconciliation and compliance filings, data responses and other similar non-rate case related filings.
• Assist in preparation of regulatory filings including testimony, schedules, work papers, information from audit and discovery requests on a timely basis and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Gather and analyze financial information and operating statistics and their impacts for the development of regulatory strategies.
• Work closely with industry associations to coordinate industry responses to key rate and regulatory issues.
• Research industry trends in policy matters that may impact DTE Energy's regulated operations.
• Attend workshops and conferences to monitor the regulatory environment to identify trends, issues, or decisions which might affect Company's regulatory objectives and policies.
• Monitor and communicate to senior management key developments in rate and regulatory matters that directly or indirectly impact DTE Energy or its regulatory environment.
• Maintain a close liaison with the Regulatory Accounting Department, the Business Unit Controller Department and the Business Unit for the compilation and analysis of data, preparation of required compliance filings and completion of supporting documentation for various types of rate case filings.
• Assist in the planning and development of legislative strategies that support DTE Energy's regulatory strategy, policy and objectives.
• Support the continuous improvement of regulatory processes by identifying problems and developing and implementing countermeasures through rapid experimentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, or Economics with 4 years of job-relevant experience.
• Preferred Experience with Regulatory filings
• Ability to collect, analyze, compile, and present financial data in a persuasive manner.
• Ability to work well with internal and external personnel who are involved in regulatory activity.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Superior problem solving skills.
• Ability to meet tight internal and external deadlines.

Benefits

• Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.