Anneliese Alexander Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

Denver, Colorado, United States

* Provide hourly, daily, and long-range weather and load forecasts for use in gas and electric system planning and energy trading, including for MISO, ERCOT, SPP, and CAISO* Support gas and electric daily and emergency operations* Wind and solar generation forecasting for market submittal* Oversaw the transition of Xcel’s wind and solar forecast vendor and communicated the necessary changes and timeline to all impacted counterparties both inside of and external to the company* Assist Purchase Power and Energy Supply departments with defining equipment and performance specifications and analyzing wind farm performance* Work with a cross-functional team including distribution, transmission, risk, and legal departments to generate and disseminate wildfire threat predictions* Serve as a data scientist to perform ad hoc analysis as needed, including for extreme weather events, wind farm climatology, long-term demand changes, and COVID-19 impacts on energy demand* Built the internal processes necessary to produce a 15-day national forecast of temperatures and edit wind and solar generation predictions in a timely fashion* Use SQL, VBA, and Python on a daily basis to generate routine weather reports and perform ad hoc data analysis* Responsible for maintaining and expanding Xcel’s weather Oracle SQL database

Denver, Colorado, United States

* Prepare personal tax returns for a variety of clients* Serve as both tax expert and technical support help for customers preparing their taxes using TurboTax software* Help clients understand their tax documents and the implications of coming life changes to aid in future planning

Greater Denver Area

* Lead meetings on various topics designed to promote healthier and happier lifestyles* Support members with the WW program through program knowledge and technical support

Loveland, Co

•Senior Tax Advisor, specializing in rental income, home ownership, investments, retirement, and clergy returns.•Four years of seasonal work preparing personal tax returns.•Help clients understand why their refund or taxes owed change year to year, and provide insights into future years based on expected changes (buying a home, starting a business, etc.)

Colorado

* Helped customers find the right auto, home, and life insurance for their needs* Provided excellent customer service regarding billing and coverage inquiries

•Meteorologist for power and natural gas traders based in New York and Calgary•Provide 15-day temperature forecasts and insight into midday model changes•Streamlined process to complete forecasts 33% faster using Excel and SQL

*Performing a study on renewable energy (wind, CSP, solar photovoltaics)*Using RUC weather model and U.S. Census data to determine locations across the U.S. where wind, CSP, and photovoltaics could be deployed and the amount of energy each technology would output given actual weather conditions*Determining the best deployment of renewable energy technologies to meet almost all of the U.S. electricity needs in 2020.

•Generated 12-day forecasts for major cities across the U.S.•Supported crude, natural gas, power, weather derivative, and coal traders by providing latest weather forecasts and updates, as well as possible changes and risks to the forecast•Presented opinions into when and how outside weather providers are likely to change their forecasts•Developed analytical reports and products to convert weather information into natural gas demand and power loads and make it directly useful to energy traders•Streamlined forecast process to expand coverage from 50 cities to over 200 in half the time using Excel and SQL•Created tools to provide balance-of-the-day and next day forecast updates for input into power load models using Excel and SQL•Wrote Visual Basic 6.0 code to extract data from websites, transform it, and load it into SQL database•Made hourly wind forecasts and climatologies for western TX wind farms•Provided seasonal temperature outlooks and tropical forecasts•Offered insight into development and enhancement of natural gas and power load models•Responsible for helping with testing and debugging all Visual Basic and SQL codes relating to weather data before moving them into production phase•Monitored jobs daily to ensure data was flowing correctly into the SQL database

•Supervised 3 Energy Risk Communicators as they provided energy products to clients•Provided support, insight, and answers to natural gas and weather derivative traders daily•Was a founding member of the Energy Group and developed many of the products and reports sent to clients, including a basic weather report, an alternate weather scenario report, and tropical updates•Developed a forecasting tool to generate 1-15 day forecasts using Python, Excel, and Access•Generated 3-day wind forecasts for a southwestern Oklahoma wind farm•Performed verification studies on the wind forecasts to determine, if possible, the cause of the errors and how to correct them•Trained 4 forecasters to make 15-day U.S. weather forecasts •Supplied after-hours and weekend technical support to the forecast team•Worked with marketing department periodically to develop materials for sales force and content for company website•Wrote aviation and energy reports comparing and contrasting our offerings in these sectors with those of our competitors for use by the sales force

Master Of Science In Professional Meteorology, Meteorology, Finance

Bs, Meteorology

Activities and Societies: Campus Weather Service

Associates, Business Administration