POWER ANALYST I/II

Seminole Electric•Tampa, FL

About The Position

Responsible for coordinating and transacting the daily, weekly and monthly power trading activity. Responsible for the development and implementation of power trading and risk management strategies to optimize Seminole’s energy assets. Develops and maintains business relationships that support SECI's presence in the commercial markets. Coordinates reporting activities on power optimization and risk profile for delivery to senior management. Performs critical, non-routine analysis related to the performance of commercial agreements and supports commercial assessments conducted by the Commercial Operations department. Supports the administration of power supply required to serve Seminole's commercial activity with oversight on the enforcement of commercial terms and conditions for all such agreements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Business Administration or Industrial Technology or related field is required.
Professional and/or educational experience in energy trading or energy data analysis is preferred.
Power Trading, Transmission, Natural Gas knowledge
Risk Management
Advanced Excel Skills
Fuel/Power Acquisition
Document Management Software and Workflows
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Effective verbal/nonverbal listening and written communications
Organized and Prepared
Analytical
Takes Initiative
Demonstrates Integrity
Must be able to follow established protective measures including wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Must possess a valid driver’s license and acceptable Motor Vehicle Report.

Nice To Haves

Experience with energy trading and scheduling in the wholesale electric markets is a plus for Power Analyst I-level.
Power Analyst II-level requires three (3) to five (5) years of relevant energy trading or energy data analysis experience.
Experience with power origination, renewable contracting, power purchase agreements, energy trading in the wholesale electric markets is preferred.
Experience in the southeast and/or Florida wholesale electric markets is a plus.
Experience with Integrated Resource Planning is a plus.

Responsibilities

Coordinates with System Operations and Commercial Operations personnel in achieving the most economic dispatch of SECI's resources on a daily basis, including determination of operating cost, unit dispatch order, and daily operating parameters and develops a daily strategy for commodity transactions that provides reliability and economic value.
Analyzes daily power and fuel requirements, existing positions and marketplace conditions to determine, recommend and implement appropriate strategies for daily, weekly, monthly power and fuel procurement
Analyzes market conditions through trade publications, personal contacts, electronic trading tools and other publicly available information. Effectively utilizes such information to enhance SECI's overall economic performance.
Monitors weather forecasts, transmission availability, gas pipeline utilization, system conditions, outage schedules and other relevant market information to identify looming opportunities and challenges.
Negotiates daily, weekly and monthly commodity purchases and/or sales and awarding of contracts and terms consistent with SECI's policies and procedures, including established credit and trade authorization limits.
Ensures compliance with all trading policies and authority limits; approves transactions as needed.
Analyzes anticipated unused energy assets (e.g. generating capacity, gas supply, storage and transportation capacity, electric transmission capacity, renewable energy credits, etc.) on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and recommends optimization strategies for implementation.
Stays abreast of the energy marketplace to identify and recommend management power and/or transmission opportunities that may provide value to SECI.
Serves as back-up for gas scheduling and trading functions. Will be/become proficient in gas scheduling and nominations on multiple pipelines and storage facilities.
Learns and understands Seminole’s long-term Coal and Rail agreements.
Serves as back-up to for day-to-day Coal and Rail activities.
Prepares reporting and requested analysis related to existing and prospective agreements for power and fuels and other Divisions as required.
Supports various commercial mid-office functions (e.g. credit monitoring, transaction confirmation) across departments and supports development of new tools and processes to reduce Seminole’s commercial transaction risk.
Supports back-office verification of natural gas and PPA invoices.
Supports Commercial Analyst with enabling agreement contract development (e.g. EEI, NAESB, ISDA) with creditworthy counterparties.
Prepares procedures and practices pertaining to contract administration for review and approval by Seminole.
Maintains proficiency in reserving transmission via OATI OASIS.
Performs other ad hoc analysis as required.
Performs other duties as applicable to the position or as assigned.
NERC Compliance: Performs NERC Compliance Program roles if/as designated in Seminole's Standard Ownership Matrix (SOM) including ongoing evidence retention in "audit-ready" form. You should also be familiar with Seminole's Enterprise Internal Compliance Program (ENT-GCD-RGC-EP-054) to further your understanding of Seminole's compliance program and your duties and responsibilities in the SOM.