Energy Market Analyst

AustinTexas; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Austin is seeking a professional to optimize, nominate, balance, and invoice fuel and electrical energy sales and purchases. You will forecast wholesale power and fuel prices, optimize purchases, manage nominations, and monitor ERCOT congestion to impact energy schedules.

The role requires knowledge of energy markets, ability to analyze complex data, and capability to operate in a 24/7 utility environment. Strong collaboration with front, middle, and back offices is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years in a related field are required.
• Master's degree may substitute for up to 1 year of experience, PhD may substitute up to 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Projects short- and long-term electric energy and fuel requirements.
• Assists with forecasting daily wholesale power and fuel prices and market trends.
• Optimizes power and fuel purchases among multiple supply and transportation options.
• Allocates wholesale power and fuel purchases per contractual obligations.
• Nominates and schedules daily wholesale power and natural gas purchase and transportation volumes.
• Monitors ERCOT transmission congestion and determines impacts to AE energy schedules.

Skills

ERCOT Market Operations

RESTful Web Services

Windows

Linux

SQL

Java/JSP

Python

VBA

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree substitution for 1 year

PhD substitution for 2 years

Job description

About This Position

Under general direction, this position performs a variety of tasks related to the optimization, nomination, balancing, and invoicing of fuel and electrical energy sales, purchases and transportation.

Job Description:

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Projects short- and long-term electric energy and fuel requirements.
• Assists with forecasting daily wholesale power and fuel prices and market trends. Optimizes power and fuel purchases among multiple supply and transportation options.
• Allocates wholesale power and fuel purchases in accordance with contractual obligations.
• Assists with daily, monthly, and other purchases of wholesale power and fuel; the execution of energy risk management transactions, the planning and designing of energy risk management strategies: wholesale power and fuel contracts and agreements.
• Nominates and schedules daily wholesale power and natural gas purchase and transportation volumes.
• Monitors daily natural gas consumption and re-nominates as needed. Monitors and controls natural gas transportation imbalance accounts.
• Performs Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE)bidding and scheduling functions. Monitors Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)transmission congestion and determines impacts to Austin Energy (AE)energy schedules.
• Issues generating unit dispatch and commitment orders to the power plants. Monitors and coordinates generating unit status and performance among affected parties.
• Supports ERCOT market design and development process.
• Analyzes monthly wholesale power and fuel purchases, sales, and risk activity reports.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

None.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of AE's wholesale fuel and energy requirements.
• Knowledge of applicable processes, techniques, and methods.
• Knowledge of federal, state, local laws, and ordinances governing fuel and energy markets.
• Skill in purchasing and selling wholesale power and fuel.
• Skill in communicating effectively both orally and in writing to convey information in a clear and concise manner.
• Skill in using computers and related software applications.
• Skill inanalyzing detail and complex data to make sound decisions.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a demanding and face pace environment.
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
• Ability to quickly recognize and analyze irregular events.
• Ability to cross train in related areas.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university, plusthree (3) years of experience in a related field.
• Graduation with a Master's degree with major course work in a field related to the job may substitute for experience up to one (1) year.
• Graduation with a PhD. with major course work in a field related to the job may substitute for experience up to two (2) years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced in designing and developing RESTful Web Service applications or other APIs and their security feature.
• Experienced in managing, scripting and troubleshooting Windows and Linux based systems.
• Proficient with SQL or other database query language, database management, and clean, prepare, explore, analyze data and provide visualization and reporting.
• Proficient with Java/Jsp, Python, VBA or other coding languages and experienced in development of software applications.
• Experience with ERCOT Market Operations.

Notes to Candidate:

This position will serve as technical expert in designing, development and maintenance of energy market operation market system servers for data hosting and data analytics functions. The position will interact regularly with internal and external stakeholders to support front office, middle office and back office personnel and provide technical support using ERCOT market operation knowledge with software application and data support.

This position requires 24 x 7 technical support for real time and day ahead operators to provide essential job duty and other functions as needed.

This position has been designated as a Critical Employee position. Critical Employees are considered necessary and vital and supports activities that impact City or department operations. This work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees who are able to work at an alternative work location are required to do so. Schedules may be modified, and employees may be reassigned to another area during extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to provide essential services.

Work Location: 4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX 78723

Work Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

May work evenings, weekends or holiday to support the 24-hour Utility operations.

Salary: Based on experience and approved City of Austin pay scales/ranges

This position requires a criminal background investigation.
NERC
This position will require aNERCClearance.
ERCOT
This position requires the use of anERCOTDigital Certificate (EDC) and therefore will require a Security Review to determine if the candidate meets all the requirements for issuance of theEDC.

Important Note to Applicants:
Please be aware that the Job Posting Close Date reflects the final day to apply, but the posting will close at 11:59 PM the day before the date listed. All application steps, including attachments and submission, must be fully completed before that time.

We also recommend that you save or print a copy of the job posting for your records. Once a posting has closed, it will no longer be viewable in the system.

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