impactECI · 12 hours ago
Managing Consultant / Associate Director – Utility & Data Center Flexibility Integration
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expimpactECI helps energy companies and utilities navigate the intersection of AI-driven data center growth and grid constraints. They are seeking a Managing Consultant or Associate Director to lead utility and data center clients in designing flexible interconnection strategies and programs, turning their flexibility framework into actionable pilots and regulatory filings.
ConsultingEnergyInfrastructureSustainability
Responsibilities
Lead utility and data center clients in designing flexible interconnection strategies and programs
Turn our flexibility framework into concrete pilots, tariffs, planning changes, and regulatory filings.
Help shape how utilities, data centers, regulators, and technology providers coordinate over the next decade
Build and present the business case for data center flexibility: avoided transmission/peaking capacity, faster load growth, and rate impacts
Work with strategy, planning, and regulatory teams to define 'why' and 'where' flexibility makes sense in their system.
Help structure pilots and programs that align with evolving FERC, ISO/RTO, and state-level reforms
Translate parameter 'menus' (curtailable MW, event duration, call limits, notification windows, firmness, penalties, compensation) into practical constructs utilities and data centers can actually sign
Support changes to interconnection and planning processes so flexible loads can be modeled and approved faster
Develop draft tariff language, contract templates, and regulatory support materials for flexible interconnection and conditional firm service.
Help hyperscalers and developers understand what flexibility utilities need and what’s operationally and commercially feasible on their side
Collaborate with partners like Emerald AI and others bringing compute and infrastructure flexibility technologies to market.
Co-author thought leadership (Substack series, reports, conference talks) extending our data center flexibility work
Create repeatable tools and playbooks (business case models, parameter templates, planning-process maps) for future clients.
Mentor consultants/associates as we scale a focused 'utility × data center flexibility' practice
Qualification
Required
5+ years total, with meaningful time in some combination of utility strategy, resource planning, interconnection, or demand-side management
Power & utilities consulting, energy transition advisory, or grid-focused think tank work
Comfortable engaging with VP/C-suite at utilities and with technical/planning teams in the same week
Strong quantitative and conceptual skills: able to frame system value, capex deferral, and rate impacts in clear business terms
Strategic storyteller: can connect grid constraints, regulatory trends, and data center growth into a coherent narrative and path forward
Systems thinker: understands how tariffs, planning processes, and operational practices interact in real life
Builder: wants to help grow a practice, not just plug into an existing org
Pragmatic and collaborative: comfortable aligning utilities, data centers, and regulators around workable solutions, not theory
Preferred
Large-load or data center power strategy is a plus
Any writing sample or public talk you're proud of (optional)
Company
impactECI
ImpactECI provides services to help companies with energy, climate, and infrastructure projects.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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