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Employer:       Ørsted North America Inc.

Job Title:         Congestion Modeling Analyst

Location:        812 San Antonio Street, Suite 500, Austin, TX 78701

Duties:

  • Utilize production cost modeling tools to produce electricity price forecasts for one or more Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) regions in the U.S.
  • Develop and maintain databases that contain input data for production cost models and congestion analysis tools.
  • Utilize forecasts and analysis results to support decision-making across the company.
  • Create high-level price forecasts to guide early-stage development activities.
  • Provide price, revenue, and curtailment forecasts for specific projects that may be developed or acquired.
  • Provide price forecasts to support trading activities, including virtual transactions and annual/monthly auctions for financial transmission rights.
  • Run regular price forecasting models to update portfolio valuation based on existing assets and their contractual structures.
  • Utilize power systems modeling software and tools developed in-house to evaluate historical congestion drivers.
  • Analyze the impact of potential market or regulatory changes in organized wholesale markets on electricity prices and project revenues.
  • Provide expertise on issues related to RTO markets and their impact on existing and future projects.
  • May telecommute but must reside near Austin, TX, office.

Requirements:

  • Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in electrical engineering, operations research, or related quantitative field; plus 2 years of experience in job offered or similar occupation.
  • Knowledge of steady-state modeling of power systems; optimal power flow; and transmission planning, resource planning, and generation interconnection practices in U.S. RTOs/independent system operators (ISOs).
  • Experience in power system analysis software packages (TARA, PSS/E, or PowerWorld Simulator); programming language (Python or R); and SQL database queries.

 

Apply: https://us.orsted.com/careers.

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