Generation Planning Advisor

MISO•Carmel, IN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

MISO is seeking a Generation Planning Advisor to help shape the future of the electric system. This is a highly visible role for an experienced generation planning professional who thrives on solving complex industry challenges. The role involves evaluating emerging resource adequacy and generation planning issues, developing long-term strategic recommendations, and influencing decisions that support the reliable evolution of one of North America's largest electric systems. The Generation Planning Advisor will serve as a strategic advisor focused on evaluating how the changing resource mix will impact reliability, planning, and system operations for years to come. Key responsibilities include evaluating the impacts of growing inverter-based resources (wind, solar, battery storage), distributed energy resources, electrification, and large load additions on future generation portfolios. The role also involves assessing emerging resource adequacy challenges, generation fleet evolution, fuel diversity, transmission dependency, system flexibility, and reliability risks. Additionally, the advisor will analyze how extreme weather events, changing grid characteristics, and emerging technologies influence long-term resource planning, identify gaps in existing generation planning methodologies, analytical tools, planning assumptions, and business processes, and develop recommendations that improve long-term generation planning strategies and support a reliable, resilient electric system. The advisor will also evaluate future generation technologies and their impacts on system reliability, operational performance, and market outcomes, integrate technical, economic, regulatory, and policy considerations into strategic recommendations for leadership, and translate complex technical findings into clear business recommendations that support executive decision-making. Beyond technical expertise, the role contributes to defining MISO's long-term direction by developing strategic roadmaps, translating strategic vision into actionable milestones, work plans, and implementation priorities, identifying key risks, dependencies, resource needs, and decision points, supporting research initiatives focused on emerging generation technologies and future resource adequacy, and providing leadership with visibility into strategic progress, opportunities, and tradeoffs.

Requirements

Master's degree in Engineering, Economics, Public Policy, Business Administration, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline.
At least five years of leadership experience through supervision, project management, technical leadership, or leading cross-functional initiatives.
8+ years of experience across several of the following areas: Generation Planning, Resource adequacy, Electric utilities, ISOs, or RTOs, Power system operations, Competitive wholesale electricity markets, Regulatory and legislative frameworks, Emerging generation technologies, Reliability planning, Grid modernization.

Responsibilities

Evaluate the impacts of growing inverter-based resources (wind, solar, battery storage), distributed energy resources, electrification, and large load additions on future generation portfolios.
Assess emerging resource adequacy challenges, generation fleet evolution, fuel diversity, transmission dependency, system flexibility, and reliability risks.
Analyze how extreme weather events, changing grid characteristics, and emerging technologies influence long-term resource planning.
Identify gaps in existing generation planning methodologies, analytical tools, planning assumptions, and business processes.
Develop recommendations that improve long-term generation planning strategies and support a reliable, resilient electric system.
Evaluate future generation technologies and their impacts on system reliability, operational performance, and market outcomes.
Integrate technical, economic, regulatory, and policy considerations into strategic recommendations for leadership.
Translate complex technical findings into clear business recommendations that support executive decision-making.
Develop strategic roadmaps that guide future generation planning initiatives.
Translate strategic vision into actionable milestones, work plans, and implementation priorities.
Identify key risks, dependencies, resource needs, and decision points.
Support research initiatives focused on emerging generation technologies and future resource adequacy.
Provide leadership with visibility into strategic progress, opportunities, and tradeoffs.