Grid Integration & Interconnection Engineer

TXU Energy; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Corp in Irving, TX is seeking an Engineer – Grid Integration and Interconnection to support a growing portfolio of large load and generator projects. You will prepare interconnection applications, perform studies (steady state, dynamic, short circuit, SSO), and assist in evaluating POI locations and upgrade costs across ISOs and NERC regions.

You will collaborate across teams to meet ISO timelines, refine internal tools, and contribute to regulatory policy improvements in the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering.
• At least 4 years of experience in transmission and interconnection with multiple ISOs (CAISO, MISO, ERCOT, NYISO, PJM, SPP, ISO-NE).
• Experience in load flow, dynamic analysis and short-circuit studies.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage new interconnection applications for the large load interconnection, new generator interconnections, replacement generation, fuel conversions and uprates of Vistra assets, material modification requests, model quality test reports, reactive capability reports to ISOs as needed as project progress through the development process through commercial operation.
• Support steady state power flow and dynamic stability models, short circuit, SSO studies, PSCAD models, collector system single line diagrams, substation one-lines, sizing major equipment configuration, site layouts and other required technical details to support interconnection applications
• Analyze optimal point of interconnection locations, switching and protection schemes of substations, relay coordination studies, review model accuracies, system impact, stability, sso, short circuit and facilities studies from ISOs/utilities
• Develop and manage study models and assist in performing the injection, deliverability and transmission studies to determine the transmission constraints, available transmission capacity, upgrade costs due to proposed generation to find optimal POI locations across all ISOs and/or NERC regions, support GIA negotiations, participate and provide input into regulatory policy to improve Interconnection Process/queue reforms of ISOs.
• Review ISO/Utilities interconnection queue and transmission expansion plans for potential opportunities
• Assess LMP, congestion risk, curtailment risk and basis risk
• Develop and fine tune internal tools that support Grid Intelligence and Interconnection efforts
• Follow Large Load Interconnection and Generator Interconnection requirements of ISOs/Utilities and NERC standards

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Team collaboration

Ability to meet timelines

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PowerGEM TARA

PSS/E

PSLF

DSATools

ASPEN/CAPE

Job description

Vistra Corp in Irving, TX is seeking an Engineer – Grid Integration and Interconnection to support a growing portfolio of large load and generator projects. You will prepare interconnection applications, perform studies (steady state, dynamic, short circuit, SSO), and assist in evaluating POI locations and upgrade costs across ISOs and NERC regions.

You will collaborate across teams to meet ISO timelines, refine internal tools, and contribute to regulatory policy improvements in the