Senior Power Systems & Market Modeling Engineer

Repsol SA; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Repsol SA in Houston seeks a power systems modeller to support project development and transmission planning. The role involves production cost modeling, grid studies, and building powerflow, dynamic, and PSCAD models.

You will automate analyses with Python, review interconnection studies across regional ISOs/RTOs, and communicate findings clearly in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Requires 4+ years of experience and a degree in electrical engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related quantitative discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in economic modeling and/or energy market data analysis with PROMOD, PLEXOS, PROBE or equivalent.
• Experience with Excel and MS Office; familiarity with interconnection procedures is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform PROMOD and market production cost analyses to quantify basis, curtailment and congestion risk assessment.
• Support the transmission and interconnection team by creating plant-specific powerflow, dynamic and PSCAD models for regions of interest.
• Perform and review generation interconnection analysis, deliverability analysis and contingency analysis using study tools such as TARA, PSSE and PowerWorld as needed.
• Review interconnection study results, quantify risks and identify opportunities to reduce network upgrade costs.
• Review transmission plans for various regions and ensure powerflow models are up to date for internal analysis.
• Conduct screening and identify transmission capacity across areas of interest for greenfield development.
• Gather data from interconnection queues and utility IRPs for scenario development.
• Use Python to automate modeling and process large data sets.

Skills

Python programming

Power systems modeling

Energy market analysis

PROMOD/PLEXOS/PROBE

PSSE/PowerWorld

TARA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSSE

PowerWorld

PROMOD

PLEXOS

PROBE

UPLAN

TARA

Job description

Repsol SA in Houston seeks a power systems modeller to support project development and transmission planning. The role involves production cost modeling, grid studies, and building powerflow, dynamic, and PSCAD models.

You will automate analyses with Python, review interconnection studies across regional ISOs/RTOs, and communicate findings clearly in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Requires 4+ years of experience and a degree in electrical engineering.