Sr. Commercial Analytics Associate
On-siteHouston, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Build, run, and maintain probabilistic resource adequacy models to quantify reliability and capacity value across RTO and utility frameworks. Perform production cost, congestion, and capacity expansion modeling to support project valuation, while assembling and validating model inputs with rigorous quality control. Develop commercial and revenue analytics spanning capacity value, energy arbitrage, and congestion relief for markets including MISO, SPP, WECC, and ERCOT. Automate data pipelines in Python and SQL, and support regulatory strategy through quantitative analysis and technical comments. Work cross-functionally with commercial, regulatory, and finance teams to ensure analytical products directly support commercialization and project financing needs.
Required Qualifications
- 70% or more of the required skills described below
- 3-5 years of experience in energy analytics, resource adequacy, wholesale power markets, transmission planning, or a similar quantitative role at a utility, RTO/ISO, consultancy, developer, or trading organization
- Hands-on experience with probabilistic resource adequacy modeling
- Experience with one or more production cost or capacity expansion platforms (e.g., AURORA, PROMOD, PSO, PLEXOS, EnCompass, GridView)
- demonstrated ability to learn them quickly
- Proficiency in Python and SQL for data assembly, automation, and analysis of large datasets
- Exceptional attention to detail, including rigor in input assembly, quality assurance of model outputs, and clear, defensible documentation
- A strong sense of ownership and the initiative to work through problems independently before escalating
- Candidates at the senior end of this role will be adept at resolving complex issues on their own and at anticipating and raising questions and risks before they arise
- Working knowledge of RTO/ISO market constructs, including capacity markets, resource accreditation, and interregional transfer frameworks, in one or more of MISO, SPP, WECC, ERCOT, PJM, or the Northeast markets
- Strong writing skills, including both technical and persuasive writing, and the ability to read and digest large amounts of information rapidly
- Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and uncertainty, and project changes
- Ability to work collaboratively in a small, nonhierarchical organization
- A Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, mathematics, or another quantitative field
- strong equivalent experience is equally valued
- positive, professional, and energetic team-oriented attitude
- Embodies Grid United's core values of ingenuity, tenacity, humility, and grace
Desired Qualifications
- direct experience with SERVM is strongly preferred
- comparable loss of load or ELCC modeling frameworks are welcome
- Advanced degrees are helpful but not required
- Proactive and open to embracing new challenges, with a positive, professional, and energetic team-oriented attitude
- Embodies Grid United's core values of ingenuity, tenacity, humility, and grace
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