Energy Market Analyst - Power

About the position

ICF Provides advisory services to the energy/utilities industry. Assists organizations in improving their performance through the assessment, identification and implementation of strategic planning and goals. Incumbents advise clients in areas such as corporate strategy, business unit strategy, customer & marketing strategy, growth, and innovation. Our services also include the development and review of financial business plans including potential mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Our work is focused on supporting the rapid transformation in the U.S. power system. Working within project teams, your role will be to assist in the continued development and growth of ICF’s Power practice and to support our clients to identify and pursue investment opportunities in support of development and M&A across a range of technologies and across US power markets. This is a multi-faceted role with exposure to wide array of topics concerning energy -markets, policy, interconnection, transmission to name a few. You will study the increasing complexity of interconnection queues and assist your clients with navigating them and assess the impacts of network upgrade cost exposure on project/portfolio valuation and off-take strategies. You will also assess how various market parameters such as natural gas prices, demand, transmission congestion, bidding strategies, outages etc. affect day ahead (DA) and real time (RT) market price formulation and assist your clients manage the curtailment risks. You will help shape our views on decarbonization strategies and their impact on the current market structures and how the power grid needs to evolve to enable increasing levels of renewable penetration.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced quantitative and economic analysis of energy and environmental markets, using commercial model frameworks
• Collaborate with team to develop and enhance ICF proprietary models and data bases
• Evaluate the impact of future market trends and regulations, and support the development of client strategies to manage change
• Be responsible for performing analysis for corporate and government client deliverables
• Support sales and client development efforts with market research, proposal development and thought leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Energy Policy, Economics, Mathematics, Business, Operations Research, Engineering, or related quantitative focused subject

Nice-to-haves

• Master’s degree in Energy Policy, Economics, Mathematics, Business, Operations Research, Engineering, or related quantitative focused subject
• Basic knowledge of R, Python and/or other coding languages
• Strong interest in one or more of these areas: energy economics, finance, energy efficiency analytics, climate change, and policy
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Strong analytical skills and capabilities in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel)