National Grid Renewables, which includes the renewables development company formerly known as Geronimo Energy, is a leading North American renewable energy company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with satellite offices located in the regions where it develops, constructs, and operates renewable energy projects. As a farmer-friendly and community focused company, National Grid Renewables develops projects for corporations and utilities that seek to repower America’s electricity grid by reigniting local economies and reinvesting in a sustainable future. National Grid Renewables is part of the competitive, unregulated Ventures division of National Grid and has a portfolio of solar, wind, and energy storage projects located throughout the United States in various stages of development, construction and operation.
National Grid Renewables develops high value, competitive renewable energy projects. Our focus on communities and farmers means it’s not just about projects, but about the people we work with, both outside and inside our organization. National Grid Renewables Team Members embody our foundational culture of being entrepreneurial, creative, and nimble and take pride in supporting National Grid’s vision to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future for all.
Senior Analyst, MISO Market Analytics
- Job Title
- Senior Analyst, MISO Market Analytics
- Job ID
- 27758575
- Location
- Bloomington, MN, 55437
- Other Location
- Description
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Geronimo Power (formerly National Grid Renewables) develops, owns and operates large-scale power assets throughout America’s Heartland, including solar, wind and energy storage. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. Geronimo Power is a portfolio company managed by Brookfield Asset Management. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit geronimopower.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.
Job Purpose
The Strategy team drives the strategic direction of Geronimo Power. The clean energy transition is occurring at a rapid pace and the Strategy team leads the effort to develop new commercial structures and business models. The Senior Analyst will provide insight and expert analysis of US electricity markets to support project development, origination, and strategic decision making.
Key Accountabilities
· Lead nodal modeling & analysis of specified US electricity markets to support investment decisions, business planning, strategic planning & new business opportunities;
· Manage, maintain & continuously improve in-house electricity market models and databases ensuring they are fit for purpose;
· Articulate & explain market model inputs/outputs to stakeholders in project development, origination, corporate affairs & commercial operations with market analysis, modeling & assessments of market impacts;
· Monitor market developments and provide analysis of critical changes;
· Track key regulatory changes within specific markets through research and attending conferences and ISO meetings.
· Become a leading electricity market expert internally and externally.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related quantitative field (power system emphasis desired).
· High level of quantitative & analytical skills with 5+ of relevant work experience providing quantitative analysis, electricity market modeling, consulting and/or energy trading
· Advanced Excel skills, and Python, VBA, SQL, or other programming skills;
· Broad knowledge of US power industry structures, policies, regulations & market fundamentals;
· Familiarity with recent trends in conventional generation, renewables, gas, energy storage, transmission & distributed generation;
· Strong understanding of transmission system and power flow fundamentals and LMP formation
· Ability to translate model outputs into business insight & articulate impact of results on the business;
· Experience in developing & employing market and/or financial models, as well as with commercial production cost modeling software: PROMOD, PLEXOS, Aurora, Gridview, GE MAPS, PSO, Dayzer, etc.
· Familiarity with linear algebra, linear programming & optimization theory;
· Specific experience analyzing the MISO market is strongly desired
Location
· Preferred location is in the Houston, Austin, Minneapolis or Boston areas.
Pay Range for the posted level: Minimum of $115,000-160,000.00
We offer a comprehensive benefit package, including Medical, Dental, 401(k) and disability benefits.
