Lead Power Market Analyst

Job Summary

Driving transmission zonal and nodal production cost modeling efforts, the full-time Lead Power Market Analyst will facilitate operational assessments and support the commercial strategy for utility-scale renewable energy projects in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop production cost models and analyze transmission renewable industry patterns using AURORA and similar tools to predict electricity prices
• Perform optimization modeling to forecast congestion and assist in locational marginal pricing (LMP) assessments
• Advise on zonal and nodal analysis to enhance the company's market platform and select trading nodes based on market congestion patterns

Required qualifications

• 5-10+ years of transmission power market experience focused on production cost modeling or market operations in a technical leadership role
• Experience with AURORA or similar modeling programs like PROMOD, PLEXOS, or GRIDVIEW
• Hands-on experience with various types of analysis, including capacity prices and transmission constraints
• Data visualization experience in PowerBI and strong automation skills in Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, or MATLAB
• Understanding of national energy markets and renewable energy portfolios, with battery storage experience as a plus