Senior Power Modeling & Analytics Lead

TXU Energy; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra is seeking a Senior Power Modeling professional in Irving, TX to build and deploy models that extend the group’s analytical capabilities, including longer-horizon forecasting and POV evaluations after peak seasons.

You will partner with a software vendor to productionize models across ERCOT, PJM, and other markets, benchmark POVs, and lead market fundamentals analyses after peak events, while collaborating with the Power Fundamentals team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in power modeling or related quantitative analysis.
• Experience with production cost models (PSO/Promod/Aurora) preferred.
• Strong programming skills in SQL and Python.

Responsibilities

• Build modeling tools alongside the software vendor, partnering closely with that vendor and IT to bring solutions into production.
• Advance the software on an ongoing basis with the developer, extending other modeling tools as requirements emerge
• Introduce and operationalize new fundamental models across ERCOT, PJM, and additional markets as needed
• Partner with the Regulatory Policy team in assessing proposed market design changes
• Together with the broader Power Fundamentals team, benchmark previously issued POVs on a periodic basis
• Lead market fundamentals analyses following summer and winter peak events
• Engage Power Fundamentals subscription vendors to extract full value from purchased data while strengthening provider relationships
• Balance and smooth the workload demands that accompany model development
• Take on additional assignments spanning Structuring, Fundamentals, and Quantitative Analysis

Skills

Power modeling

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

PSO

Promod

Aurora

Job description

Vistra is seeking a Senior Power Modeling professional in Irving, TX to build and deploy models that extend the group’s analytical capabilities, including longer-horizon forecasting and POV evaluations after peak seasons.

You will partner with a software vendor to productionize models across ERCOT, PJM, and other markets, benchmark POVs, and lead market fundamentals analyses after peak events, while collaborating with the Power Fundamentals team.