Senior Analyst, Fundamentals - Power

Summary

The Senior Analyst, Power Fundamentals is responsible for assisting the development and management of North American supply, demand, infrastructure, and price forecasting in support of trading, strategic investments, and risk management. The role will also assist in developing best practices for nodal modeling, reporting and analytics for the business unit.

Position Description

• Analyze and identify emerging trends affecting short-, mid- and long-term congestion patterns across ISOs – particularly ISONE, NYISO, PJM, and ERCOT.
• Build, maintain, and run zonal and nodal power dispatch models to support various groups across the company including commercial gas & power trading and asset development.
• Develop and maintain nodal market models to forecast power prices, congestion, and transmission flows across various ISO/RTO markets, with a focus on simulating forward market conditions over 3- to 5-year horizons.
• Support hedging decisions, including FTR/CRR analysis.

• Track and disseminate major industry news, announcements, and regulatory actions that could impact market fundamentals.
• Understand and explain drivers of forward curves and how/why they differ from internal POV.
• Desire to be a part of a high performing and analytical team.

Position Description Continued

• Working knowledge of ISO topology, prevailing congestion patterns, and power plant dispatch, with focus on ISONE, NYISO, PJM, and ERCOT.
• Familiarity with ISO datasets, particularly related to nodal LMPs and transmission topology.
• Strong analytical thinking and modeling skills.
• Ability to explain drivers of nodal basis and how they could evolve with changing infrastructure – transmission expansion, plant new build & retirements, etc.

• Ability to communicate market views clearly, backed by quantitative analytics – explain the “why”.

• Demonstrated ability to build models and analysis from the ground up without existing infrastructure, designing efficient and reliable processes.

• Very strong Excel skills. Programming, database skills, or BI software experience a strong plus (SQL Server, Python, VBA, or R).
• Experience with PLEXOS, PROMOD, AURORA or similar power dispatch model.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, finance, or related discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of industry experience in a similar role – trading support, asset investment support, consulting.
• Strong power markets nodal modeling experience.

Preferred Education and Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Advanced degree.
• Experience with PLEXOS or a similar power dispatch model.
• Preferably experience with Python.

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