Senior Analyst, US Electricity Market Analytics & Modeling

National Grid; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid in the United States seeks a Senior Analyst for its US Market Analytics team, located in Boston or Waltham, MA with a hybrid work model. You will apply electricity market modeling and quantitative analysis to support decisions on load growth, resource adequacy, and clean energy transitions.

You will design scenarios, run production cost and capacity expansion models, and translate results into actionable recommendations while collaborating to improve models, data pipelines, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, or related quantitative field.
• Hands on expertise with production cost modeling and/or capacity expansion modeling.
• 1–3 years of quantitative analysis experience in a consulting, ISO/RTO, or corporate setting.
• Proficiency with market modeling tools and building/maintaining workflows around them.
• Strong Python and Excel skills; ability to automate data ingestion, runs and post processing; dashboards with Power BI.
• Strong electricity market knowledge including LMP, congestion, capacity markets, and resource adequacy; Eastern Interconnection familiarity preferred.
• Knowledge of trends in generation, renewables, storage, gas, transmission and their market implications.
• Clear communicator with stakeholders and ability to explain model assumptions and results.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute forward looking scenarios and quantify implications under uncertainty.
• Perform production cost and capacity expansion modeling to inform investment cases and long-term plans.
• Support enhancements to in-house market models and data pipelines with documentation and governance.
• Synthesize market data to inform inputs, validate outputs, and produce decision-ready dashboards.
• Explain market dynamics and model mechanics to technical and executive audiences.
• Partner with internal teams for ad hoc market analysis and what-if modeling.
• Contribute to modeling best practices, documentation standards, and code reviews.

Skills

Python

Excel

Prod cost modeling

Capacity expansion

PSO/Enelytix

ProMOD

PLEXOS

Aurora

GridView

GE MAPS

Power BI

LMP formation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Math/OR

Tools

PSO/Enelytix

ProMOD

PLEXOS

Aurora

GridView

GE MAPS

Power BI

Python

Excel

Job description

National Grid in the United States seeks a Senior Analyst for its US Market Analytics team, located in Boston or Waltham, MA with a hybrid work model. You will apply electricity market modeling and quantitative analysis to support decisions on load growth, resource adequacy, and clean energy transitions.

You will design scenarios, run production cost and capacity expansion models, and translate results into actionable recommendations while collaborating to improve models, data pipelines, and