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ISO New England

Nonprofit electric grid and wholesale market operator

Associate Energy Market Analyst

Quantitative ResearchConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHolyoke, MA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in economics, finance, engineering, business administration, or a related field.
  • Experience or strong interest in wholesale electricity markets or the electric utility industry.
  • Familiarity with electricity and gas market fundamentals and the drivers of production and opportunity costs.
  • Strong quantitative analytical skills, including the ability to evaluate market participant strategies from a profit-maximizing perspective to identify anomalous market behavior and assess gaps in market rules that could be exploited.
  • Experience working with and drawing insights from large and complex data sources.
  • Proficiency with Excel and programming languages such as SAS and SQL.
  • Financial modeling skills, including proficiency with discounted cash flow techniques.
  • Ability to work collaboratively, manage tight deadlines, and communicate technical concepts clearly.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support the implementation of market power mitigation rules to ensure energy market prices reflect competitive conditions.
  • Engage with project owners and market participants; conduct production cost and financial analyses; evaluate energy and capacity market offers; and monitor participant behavior for compliance.
  • Assess the effectiveness of mitigation rules and contribute to market reports and analytical tools that enhance situational awareness and market oversight.
  • Maintain and enhance production cost models to determine competitive benchmarks (reference levels) for energy market and ancillary service mitigation.
  • Assess the accuracy and reasonableness of benchmark inputs such as heat rates and variable operation and maintenance costs.
  • Develop financial and engineering models to estimate generators’ marginal and opportunity costs.
  • Perform mitigation activities as defined in market rules, including participating in the monitoring and mitigation on-call rotation, with some weekend coverage.
  • Prepare and refine market reports summarizing outcomes, competitiveness, and mitigation activity.
  • Evaluate capacity market offers by reviewing financial models, project documentation, risk assessments, and engineering analyses.
  • Support the development, testing, and deployment of analytical tools for energy and capacity market mitigation, identifying tariff violations, and detecting potential market manipulation.
  • Design, develop, and run screening tools to identify non-compliance with market rules and uncompetitive behavior.
  • Identify market participant behavior warranting further investigation and analysis.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of power plant cost structures across the asset life cycle.
  • Experience with R or Python.
  • Knowledge of physical gas markets, including trading, fuel supply optimization, or risk hedging.
  • Experience with risk evaluation techniques.

About the Company

ISO New England

Nonprofit electric grid and wholesale market operator

ISO New England is an independent nonprofit that operates the regional power grid and administers wholesale electricity markets across New England. Its engineers coordinate power flows across the region's high-voltage transmission network, while analysts plan for future demand and changes in electricity resources. An independent board oversees the organization, which works with utilities, power producers, market participants and state officials. Service fees collected from wholesale market participants and transmission customers cover its operating costs under federal regulation. Established in 1997, ISO New England is headquartered in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Holyoke, MA
Founded
1997

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