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PEAKS Renewables is focused on business opportunities at the intersection of decarbonization and natural gas, including Renewable Natural Gas, Biogas, Renewable Hydrogen, and Power-to-Gas Opportunities. Peaks is a subsidiary of Summit Utilities, a privately owned utility holding platform that currently operates gas distribution companies in five states. PEAKS is actively developing several Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and Hydrogen projects both within Summit’s utility territories and beyond.

The Peaks Business Development Associate will report to the Manager, RNG Business Development, and work alongside a small team of developers to build and execute on a pipeline of new investments in RNG and Hydrogen. The position will play a pivotal role in the team’s effort to identify, design, and build RNG projects, will champion these investment opportunities to internal leadership, with external stakeholders, will work with host facilities, contractors, consultants, and community stakeholders to develop a successful pipeline of projects.

• Develop projects, prioritize work, and ensure continual progress on pipeline of projects toward company’s growth objectives. Manage all aspects of a project’s development, including permitting, design, revenue/offtake, feedstock, interconnection, and project economics.
• Work to originate greenfield opportunities and work to bring more project opportunities into the Peaks development pipeline.
• Lead outreach to feedstock owners, such as farmers, landfill operators, large food waste generators, and landowners, work with them on long term supply agreements, and ensure project operations match their needs for the future.
• Develop and manage project development workplan and coordinate across internal and external stakeholders to ensure that progress is being made along the internal timeline.
• In coordination with the engineering and legal teams, prepare RFIs and complete contracting for engineering, procurement, and construction firms to support renewable energy projects.
• Manage internal process to respond to municipal requestions for renewable energy project development.
• Oversee the project valuation exercise and support the finance team in providing values for key inputs to a project model and continue to refine those inputs through development of the project, working to ensure a project that meets economic and schedule hurdles.
• Oversee commercial negotiations and structuring of key contracts for project including feedstock supply, gas offtake agreements, and project construction agreements.
• Guide project through internal approval process by preparing presentations and investment memos and representing project in management and approval meetings.
• Support the regulatory efforts required to allow the company to develop, build, own and operate the facility, including with utility commissions and the state permitting agencies.
• Work with additional consultants as needed to understand green attribute markets, offtake opportunities, and qualification requirements.
• Represent Peaks and Summit Utilities to various external counterparties at meetings, conferences, and other external engagements.

• B.A. in Business Administration or B.S in Engineering or similar
• Minimum 2 years’ equivalent transferable development experience
• Experience structuring and negotiating commercial contracts.

• Ability to quickly grasp the nuances of the renewable energy industry to properly represent the company. Familiarity with carbon accounting, LCFS/RFS programs renewable gas standards, and renewable gas voluntary attributes is a plus.
• Excellent ability to work through problems and build support for a project with a myriad of different stakeholders.
• Ability to manage project development, keeping multiple workstreams moving in parallel, and lead other vendors and teammates to complete projects in a timely and effective manner.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate sensitivity, tact, and professionalism in dealing with staff, other employees and external agencies.
• Efficient in the Microsoft Office computer tools including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook