Fuel & Energy Market Specialist

Great River Energy; Maple Grove (MN); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Great River Energy in Maple Grove, MN, is seeking a Fuel & Energy Market Specialist to optimize fuel supply strategies and navigate wholesale markets while ensuring cost efficiency and compliance. The role requires experience in fuel procurement, energy market trends, and regulatory developments, with a focus on maximizing profitability for GRE’s generation assets.

The position is full-time with a hybrid work schedule, offering a robust Total Rewards package and opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years’ experience in the electric utility or natural gas markets.
• Strong knowledge of natural gas, oil and energy markets.

Responsibilities

• Share responsibility for daily fuel purchasing activities and respond to requirements outside normal hours.
• Oversee daily energy market activities, strategies and reporting, analyzing MISO market conditions.
• Collaborate with ACES and GRE stakeholders and support power trading and scheduling activities.
• Coordinate with gas suppliers for fuel volumes with the least risk.
• Direct gas storage inventories for generation plants on pipeline systems.
• Manage nominations, trading, scheduling and contract compliance promptly.

Skills

Fuel procurement

Energy market analysis

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, engineering

Tools

MISO

NERC

Job description

Fuel & Energy Market Specialist

Application due date: October 18, 2026

Location: Maple Grove, MN (Eligible for hybrid schedule)

Full-Time

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restriction. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Creating a better energy future. Join Great River Energy in creating smarter ways to power people’s lives — from small, everyday moments to the big, life-changing ones. As a consumer‑owned electric utility, we are Minnesota's second largest based on generating capacity.

Summary

Providestrategic and operationaloversight to ensurecontinual optimization ofGreat River Energy’s (GRE)generation assetofferinginto thewholesalepower marketsby analyzing and managing fuel procurement, energy market trends, and regulatory developments. This positionfocusesonoptimizingfuel supply strategies, ensuring cost-effective and reliable fuel delivery,and navigating wholesale electricity markets to maximize profitability and compliance.

Total Rewards:

A typical starting range for this position is $116,000 - $160,000 annually. We offer market competitive base pay and adjust our offer accordingly based upon the value of the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, our Total Rewards strategy focuses on recognizing individual performance and rewarding business results. Our robust Total Rewards package includes exceptional benefits and retirement, a focus on continuous engagement, recognition, personal and professional development, and an emphasis on work-life effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Share responsibility for daily fuel purchasing activities, including responding to fuel purchasing requirements outside normal business hours as needed
• Oversee daily energy market activities, strategies, and reporting. Analyze Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) marketconditions,GRE generationoffers andinstruct adjustments asrequired.
• Collaborate withAlliance for CooperativeEnergy Services (ACES)and GRE stakeholdersand support power trading andschedulingactivities providingexpertiseon fuel availability, pricing, and generation costs.
• Coordinatewith gas supplier forpathof gas volumes for GRE with the least risk.
• Directgas storage inventories forgenerationplants on the pipeline systems.
• Accuratelyandpromptly manage nominations,trading,scheduling,contract compliance, andaccountingactivities.
• Managebalancing,monitoringandpurchasingall fuel oil for peaking plants.
• Overseethat all trading activities are within the risk management policies and procedures tolerancelevels.
• Ensure thatgas related decisionsminimize pipeline penalties and overall fuel cost to GRE.
• Responsible forensuringcontracts are properly coordinating day-to-day natural gas and fuel oilpurchasingdecisions, transportation scheduling and transportation imbalance of natural gas and fuel oil deliveries for the GRE power plants.
• Assist in the preparation of accurate and timely submission of required compliance reports to FERC, NERC and MISO.
• Assist in other regulatory and industry reports for MN generation , including MISO, EIA, DOE, IRS, FERC and NERC.
• ProvideguidanceofAsset Performance Management (APM)’s RealTime and DayAhead deskassociated withGRE generation offersand strategies.
• Develop andmaintaina strongprofessionalworking relationship with key vendors and suppliers.
• Provide routine and ad-hoc energy and natural gas market updates togeneration personnel.
• ManageGRE generation fleetassociated with the MISO tariff, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rules and regulations, North American Electric Reliability Commission (NERC) rules and regulations, and GRE’s internal risk management policies.
• Manage GRE’s power market structure, recent changes in tariff and/or other MISO related rules as well as GRE’s generation fleet characteristics and ensuringaccuraciesofinputsto ACES for generation offers.
• Responsible forestablishingPower Cost Adjustment(PCA)estimate onall peakingplantscoststhe first day of the month.
• Establish andmonitorfuelbudget to support the annual GRE budget. Provide status updates asrequested/required.
• Manage and overseethe annual combustion turbine fuel budgets in collaboration with finance and ACES.
• Manage communication and information exchange between GRE and MISO Independent Market Monitor (IMM) related to GRE marketactivities toensure market optimization of GRE’s generation fleet are realized while staying within the(IMM)limits.
• Manage access andutilizationof MISOOpen Access Same-time Information System(OASIS)customer tool and IMM Portal.
• Manage baseload dispatch procedures tooptimizethe units during lowLocational Marginal Pricing(LMP).
• Manageand overseetheaccurateandtimelysubmission of required compliancebidstrategy toACES to enhance offerings to MISO.
• Analyze, research, and communicate changes in ACEsoffersand requirements forGREresources to internal staffandmanagement. (E)
• Managerisk and optionality value (rewards) of controlling certain assets and uses physical commodity, transportation and storage assets, and financial tools (such as futures, swaps, and options) tooptimizetheseassets.
• Managecommunication and informationfor disputes oralternative dispute resolutionwith MISO and/or IMM.
• RepresentGRE’s fuel procurement perspective in committees and advisory groups ofgeneration-related industry and regulatory organizations such as the Midwest ISOand IMM.
• Assistinthe development of policies and procedures tocomply withMISO rules and business practices related to the implementation ofgeneration offers including MISO Market Monitor request andNAESB gas -electric harmonization. Monitor MISO policy related to distributed generation.

Qualifications: Knowledge typically acquired through a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, engineering or equivalentand7+ years’experience in the electric utility or natural gas businesswith astrong working knowledge of natural gas, oil and energy markets isrequired.

GRE values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer.