Transmission Market Analytics Lead

Leeward Renewable Energy, Llc; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Leeward Renewable Energy seeks a Manager, Transmission Market Analytics to act as a technical expert in energy market simulations and to analyze metrics such as LMP, congestion, and nodal forecasts. You will assist evaluation of acquisitions, identify transmission locations for renewables, and review interconnection studies with internal and external stakeholders.

The role requires 6-8+ years in transmission/economic modeling, collaboration skills, and the ability to communicate complex topics.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years' experience in transmission planning or economic modeling using PROMOD, Encompass, Plexos, Gridview, Dayzer, Aurora or other market simulation tools.
• Proficient in transmission system planning, transmission construction and operation topics.
• Experience in detailed economic modeling of transmission networks, thermal and renewable generators, wholesale power markets and congestion analytics.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with utilities, ISOs and industry representatives.
• Proficient in public speaking, presentation skills, explaining complex technical topics and writing of technical reports.
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills with knowledge of transmission shift factors, statistics, probabilistic analysis, and engineering principles.
• Working knowledge of databases including MS Access, MySQL, SQL Server preferred.
• Automation scripts such as VB, VB.NET and Python are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the Transmission group with the development of strategic and tactical plans.
• Provide advice about critical transmission issues related to potential commercial power transactions, planning issues and real-time operational issues.
• Keep abreast of developments across the power & renewables industry.
• Perform quantitative research, econometric analysis and forecasting on power and fuel markets using internal models.
• Run SCED analyses for operating and development projects and support other groups.
• Develop and refine process controls to benchmark and validate power system models.

Skills

Transmission planning

Economic modeling

PROMOD

Encompass

Plexos

Gridview

Dayzer

Aurora

Market simulation

Public speaking

Communication skills

SQL

Python

VB.NET

Tools

MS Access

MySQL

SQL Server

VB

VB.NET

Python

Job description

Leeward Renewable Energy seeks a Manager, Transmission Market Analytics to act as a technical expert in energy market simulations and to analyze metrics such as LMP, congestion, and nodal forecasts. You will assist evaluation of acquisitions, identify transmission locations for renewables, and review interconnection studies with internal and external stakeholders.

The role requires 6-8+ years in transmission/economic modeling, collaboration skills, and the ability to communicate complex topics.