Lead Energy Market Analyst – SPP, WECC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North America.

📋 Description

• Collaborate directly with both prospective and existing clients to enhance sales and provide technical pre-sales expertise throughout the SPP and WECC regions.

• Create and maintain energy market models that concentrate on SPP and WECC utilizing PLEXOS.

• Examine market dynamics, transmission limitations, generation dispatch, and regulatory changes.

• Convert customer business challenges into modeling workflows and narratives that highlight commercial value.

• Design and deliver demonstrations, workshops, executive briefings, and proofs of concept.

• Take ownership of the technical content for proposals, RFP/RFI responses, and statements of work.

• Identify opportunities for account expansion and pathways for cross-selling.

• Construct, configure, and validate PLEXOS and Aurora models specific to SPP and WECC.

• Conduct studies on production cost, capacity expansion, resource adequacy, ELCC, LMP, congestion, storage valuation, transmission benefits, and interconnections.

• Maintain regional reference models and input libraries.

• Demonstrate PLEXOS Intelligence capabilities through regional case studies.

• Collaborate in the development of regional go-to-market strategies, target accounts, messaging, and competitive positioning.

• Produce reusable demonstration materials, playbooks, and enablement content.

• Act as a public spokesperson through white papers, webinars, and industry presentations.

• Monitor FERC orders, market design alterations, WRAP and Markets+ progress, state dockets, and competitor activities.

• Relay customer needs to the Product team, coordinate post-sales transitions, and renewal indications.

• Mentor Solutions analysts and junior analysts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in wholesale electricity markets, power system planning, energy economics, or energy consulting, with a minimum of 3 years focused on SPP, the Western Interconnection, or both.

• Practical experience in building and operating production cost, capacity expansion, or resource adequacy models using PLEXOS, Aurora, or similar tools.

• In-depth understanding of SPP and Western market design, including day-ahead and real-time clearing, ancillary services, LMP and congestion, capacity accreditation, planning reserve margins, WRAP, state RA frameworks, transmission planning, and interconnection.

• Demonstrated customer-facing experience in pre-sales, consulting, or client advisory roles.

• Ability to interpret quantitative findings into actionable commercial recommendations.

• Strong data analysis skills in Python or R, SQL, and advanced Excel.

• Familiarity with large ISO, EIA, FERC, and WECC datasets and the creation of repeatable data pipelines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience producing high-quality reports, presentations, and webinar materials.

• Capability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines.

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline; equivalent professional experience will be considered.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license, CFA, or Energy Risk Professional (ERP) designation.

• Certification in PLEXOS or Aurora, or completion of Energy Exemplar's advanced training programs.

• Active membership in IEEE PES, IAEE, USAEE, or similar professional organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements that allow for remote work, in-office presence, or working while traveling.

• Support for maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

• Commitment to an equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.

• Accommodations available during the recruitment process.