Regional Market Consultant I, II

About the role

This position provides strategic and subject matter expertise to advance regional market design and participation strategies that improve reliability, affordability, operational efficiency, and customer access to diverse energy resources. Under limited supervision, the role applies a comprehensive understanding of regional energy markets, transmission planning, integrated resource planning, market operations, and regulatory policy to evaluate complex technical, environmental, operational, and economic conditions; identify risks and opportunities; and develop recommendations that support informed business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and participate in regional market design proceedings and resource adequacy initiatives to support market participation strategies that align with and improve PNM customer reliability, affordability, and access to regional energy resources.
• Monitor and engage in utilities’ efforts to improve or revise Open Access Transmission Tariffs, including supporting regulatory filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as needed, to advance transmission access, cost-effective market participation, and customer benefits.
• Develop and maintain professional working relationships with decision-makers, utilities, market operators, and coalition partners to shape regional market policies and practices that support customer-focused outcomes.
• Provide support and demonstrate assigned job responsibilities as part of on-the-job training for co-workers.
• Collect quantitative and qualitative data from sources such as surveys, internal databases, and market reports.
• Proactively evaluate activities across departments, including operations, planning, Western Power Markets, settlements, and related functions, to identify emerging or high-impact issues affecting regional market outcomes, customer costs, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Assume responsibility for developing and directing analyses that support improved market, operational, business, and customer outcomes, including strategies that enhance the value of regional market participation.
• Support the prioritization of critical market design, participation, and operational challenges requiring management attention and cross-functional resolution to protect and improve customer benefits.
• Organize and clean datasets to support analysis.
• Support the development and evaluation of data collection methodologies, including questionnaires and opinion surveys.
• Monitor industry statistics and track trends in trade publications.
• Support the preparation of routine reports and data visualizations, including tables and graphs, that communicate market trends, risks, opportunities, and customer-benefit impacts to internal stakeholders and leadership.

Competencies

• Extensive understanding of competitive wholesale electricity markets, including market dynamics such as delivery limitations, regional supply and demand, daily and seasonal variability, reliability considerations, and fuel impacts.
• Ability to assess and synthesize complex technical and economic variables and develop timely, accurate recommendations based on analytical findings.
• Ability to communicate analytical insights, risks, and recommendations clearly and effectively to leadership, including Senior Managers, in support of informed decision-making.
• Experience with utility Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) or Local Area Transmission Plans (LATPs) preferred.
• Experience participating in State Regulatory Commission Proceedings preferred.
• Experience in utility or regional transmission planning forums preferred.
• Working knowledge of the interconnected bulk power generation and transmission system and related operational considerations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Marketing, Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Six to seven years of relevant experience (Regional Market Consultant II) or five to six years of relevant experience (Regional Market Consultant I).
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively before groups of customers or organizational employees.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and address a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Working knowledge of personal computers and standard business office applications, including Microsoft Office Suite and other related applications; ability to adapt to industry-specific software.

Physical Demands

• The employee is regularly required to sit up to 2/3 of the time.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment

• All duties are performed indoors at a desk, operating office equipment.