Business Dev Associate, Energy Storage - Now Hiring

CPower is a leading, national energy solutions provider guiding customers towards a clean and dependable energy future. We maximize the value of our customers' distributed energy resources by facilitating participation in demand-side management programs. CPower works with over 17,000 sites across North America to provide superior economics, while delivering the highest-rated customer experience in the industry. We have entered our 8th year as CPower but we have a rich history in the demand response industry going back 30 years.

We are looking for an Energy Storage Development Associate who will play an important role in bringing about the proliferation of energy storage through their support of energy storage project design, financial analysis, proposal generation, customer and site qualification, and management of partners and processes through the development and contracting of energy storage projects. This role presents an opportunity to learn about the emerging energy storage and distributed renewable energy industry from the 'inside', while working on significant and impactful projects with customers from day one.

The successful candidate is passionate about helping to build a sustainable, distributed energy grid, and has U.S. energy markets knowledge and experience, some familiarity with energy storage and/or distributed/renewable generation, and the value streams that determine project success. They excel in the "white-space" and are enthusiastic about helping to build upon the early successes of a burgeoning business situated within an established and respected energy solutions company. Our focused team is dedicated to building a high-performing and successful business and looking for someone motivated to be a catalyst for our accelerated growth.

This is a Remote position with options to work from CPower's Eastern U.S. offices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Sales Support for Energy Storage (ES) projects.
• Analyze customer utility bills and interval data.
• Run models to size energy storage projects and analyze financial viability (both standalone and paired with other distributed assets like solar).
• Create proformas and customer proposals.
• Manage commercial modeling "tools" for site qualification and evaluation.
• Contracting Support for ES Projects.
• Support creation of customer contracts support the generation of partner/supplier contracts and term sheets for ES projects.
• ES Project implementation support.
• Compile and organize project descriptions and documentation.
• Compile, generate, and submit documentation for financial incentive applications.
• Coordinate project design documentation with deployment partners and suppliers.
• Track and report on project status to internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• BA/BS required (finance or engineering degree preferred).
• Experience with DER modeling tools like Energy Toolbase, HomerGrid, HomerPro, Geli, or similar.
• Experience and understanding of U.S. wholesale and retail energy and capacity markets.
• 2+ years in electric/power markets or a related field.
• Experience with utility and retail electric bill structures and components, their origin, and their impacts on overall retail electric costs.
• Familiarity with grid services value streams (capacity markets, ancillary services, utility programs, etc.)
• Comprehension of energy storage and/or distributed/renewable energy assets and their operation.
• Familiarity with battery energy storage project financial models.
• Highly effective verbal and written communicator.

Benefits

Unique opportunity to work at a successful, growing company with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. We focus heavily on developing our employees and linking successes to our core values. CPower offers a great benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K, vacation, up to $10,000 per calendar year in tuition reimbursement, etc. CPower's leadership prides itself on maintaining a rewarding culture, and always striving to offer a great team-member experience.

CPower is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our team members is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.