Senior Consultant - Eastern Power Markets

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet the required scope and quality
• Work directly with GDS clients regarding eastern regulatory and market design issues (PJM, MISO, SPP, ERCOT)
• Lead and support resource adequacy capacity market design and policy development across the U.S.
• Prepare and/or review regulatory filings in energy-related administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies
• Review, analyze, and report on filings of other parties in energy-related administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies
• Carry out policy and economic analysis to support regulatory and legislative advocacy
• Summarize analysis results for client management teams and seek peer review of material to support delivery of high-quality client-specific projects
• Effectively communicate with clients and develop and deliver presentations
• Develop and maintain relationships with existing clients and help facilitate ongoing needs as a client liaison
• Continuously develop subject matter expertise in a particular practice or focus area by actively contributing to above-listed activities and pursuing activities/work in various disciplines and staying abreast of current/hot topics to broaden and build upon subject matter knowledge
• Use common industry models and tools as needed to perform detailed analytics or oversee similar modeling work from project analysts

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics, economics, or other energy industry-related fields. Master's degree preferred
• Minimum 11 years of analytical and modeling experience in one or more structured power markets (e.g. CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, ISO-NE, NYISO, PJM, SPP, etc.)
• Familiarity with one or more of the power markets within the Eastern Interconnection preferred
• May directly manage one or more employees. Leads mentoring of other team members
• Experience in RTOs analyzing congestion, ARR/FTRs, resource adequacy requirements, capacity market design and pricing, and / or RPS requirements
• Experience with the assessment and analytical interpretation of regulatory and legislative rule-making advancements and their associated impacts on utility operations and/or costs preferred
• PJM, MISO and SPP practices, protocols, and procedures
• Principles of resource planning, electricity generation, transmission, distribution and infrastructure
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Ability to perform primarily sedentary work, including extended computer use, effective communication via phone and digital platforms, and occasional light lifting or movement within an office environment
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office applications required (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Up to 25% travel to Client sites and to attend industry meetings

Skills

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office applications required (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office applications required (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

Benefits

• Flex Benefits (Flexible Hours, Telecommuting)
• Competitive Pay
• Health Benefits (Medical, Dental & Vision, Company Paid Life, Long Term & Short-Term Disability)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Floating Holiday, Holidays)
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement