Strategic Utility Planning & Market Analyst

Polar Consulting; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

HSA/FSA options

Discretionary performance bonus

Paid holidays

20 days PTO

Remote/hybrid work environment support

Job summary

Polar Consulting in the United States is seeking a Utility Planning & Market Strategy Associate to support utility advisory engagements nationwide. You will focus on integrated resource planning, power supply and market strategy, and strategic resource solicitations for municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, and small to mid-sized investor-owned utilities.

Working with senior team members, you will develop forecasts, evaluate resource options, support competitive solicitations, analyze

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant professional experience in electric utilities, energy, consulting, engineering, regulatory, RTO/ISO, or related sectors.
• Foundational understanding of the electric utility industry, including generation, transmission, wholesale power markets, utility regulation, or resource planning.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to organize and evaluate complex datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical or market concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support integrated resource plans and long-term power supply strategies.
• Assist with load forecasts, resource portfolios, capacity positions, energy requirements, reserve margins, and future resource needs.
• Evaluate generation, storage, demand-side, transmission, market purchase, and other resource alternatives.
• Develop analytical workbooks, planning models, scenario inputs, and supporting datasets.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses around load growth, fuel and market prices, resource retirements, renewables, storage, electrification, large loads, and other planning uncertainties.
• Research wholesale energy, capacity, ancillary service, and transmission market developments.
• Analyze RTO/ISO market rules, resource accreditation, capacity constructs, interconnection processes, and transmission considerations.
• Evaluate market data, forward prices, utility filings, and RTO/ISO materials to support client recommendations.
• Translate market developments into clear implications for utility planning, resource strategy, emissions, and rates.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Data interpretation

Strong communication

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, engineering, finance, public policy, data analytics, or a related field

Tools

PLEXOS

Aurora

PROMOD

Python

Julia

Job description

Polar Consulting in the United States is seeking a Utility Planning & Market Strategy Associate to support utility advisory engagements nationwide. You will focus on integrated resource planning, power supply and market strategy, and strategic resource solicitations for municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, and small to mid-sized investor-owned utilities.

Working with senior team members, you will develop forecasts, evaluate resource options, support competitive solicitations, analyze