Senior Manager, Transmission Modeling

What The Role Is

Reporting to the Managing Director, Market Fundamentals & Structuring, this role will lead a team and perform transmission analysis across all US power markets with a focus on congestion and curtailment risk. This work will influence the company’s strategy for project siting and sizing for greenfield development, M&A activities, budgeting, and hedging basis risk for the operating portfolio of wind, solar, and storage assets.

If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications but see yourself contributing, please submit your resume

What You'll Be Doing

Transmission Modeling & Analysis

• Lead the US-wide effort to perform short and medium-term SCED studies to develop the Company’s internal view on the basis, curtailment, and congestion associated with the Company’s development and operating fleet.
• Support energy optimization/trading team with scenario-based analysis to mitigate market risks via FTRs, DA, or term trading.
• Analyze market impacts due to planned generation, transmission, retirements, and evolving energy market fundamentals to draw inferences and present results in a clear and understandable format to internal stakeholders.
• Provide insights and analysis into congestion and curtailment in support of offtake structures (vPPAs, BESS tolls, etc.).
• Maintain updates to internal production-cost models based on changes to energy market fundamentals like transmission upgrades, new builds, retirements, load, and gas prices.
• Lead and manage engagements with external transmission consultants to develop independent transmission, congestion, and curtailment reports in support of third-party project financing.
• Participate in relevant ISO, RTO, and PUC transmission and planning stakeholder meetings and inform the Company of market developments that may impact system congestion and transmission capacity constraints.

Fundamental Analysis

• Work in conjunction with the fundamental team and other groups within the Company to develop Clearway’s market view and present insights for strategic decision-making.
• Support long-term fundamental market view development by analyzing interconnection queue & IRP, and the resulting new build over the near and medium term.
• Provide an updated view of zonal transfer flow limits based on transmission upgrades and expansion.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related field required.
• 8+ years of experience in an analytical role at a renewable energy developer, ISO, RTO, energy trading firm, or other relevant experience.
• 5+ years of related power systems, electric market design, or energy trading experience.
• 5+ years of experience performing production-cost modeling analyses using Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) software platforms (ex. PLEXOS, Dayzer, PROMOD, UPLAN, or GridView).
• Previous experience leading and developing a team.
• Knowledge of power system and market analysis tools including power flow, contingency analysis, and production-cost modeling.
• Understanding of transmission systems, power flow, congestion, and curtailment.
• Fundamental knowledge of how solar, wind, and battery storage assets operate within the various energy markets.
• Working knowledge of SQL and Python OR another programming language.
• Knowledge of ISO and RTO wholesale market operations and applicable state regulations.
• Working knowledge of the various forms of capacity and ancillary services markets.
• Proven problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.

What Would Be Nice

• Knowledge of interconnection standards and greenfield project development process.
• Working knowledge of PSS/E and power flow analysis.

Clearway will not sponsor nonimmigrant visas for this position (H-1B, TN, E-3, etc.).

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The pay rate for the successful candidate will depend on geographic location, skills, relevant and demonstrated experience, education, training and certifications, and other factors permitted by law. This role is eligible to earn an annual cash bonus, subject to personal and company performance goals.

Salary Range Across all U.S. Locations$195,000—$245,000 USD

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