Power Resources Analyst

MCE•Concord, CA

2d•$97,277 - $147,691•Hybrid

About The Position

The Power Resources Analyst oversees the interaction of systems, data, and processes across energy contracting, trading, forecasting, scheduling, operations, and settlements. The position reports to the Director of Power Systems and Analytics and includes project management, report generation, data review, data visualization, and possible assistance with regulatory compliance reporting for procurement. The analyst helps ensure data infrastructure meets regulatory standards and translates power-market and operational concepts into structured data models for forecasting, optimization, compliance reporting, and real-time analytics. The role works closely with MCE’s technical team and other departments to implement effective workflows, as well as with external consultants, counterparties, government representatives, and regulatory bodies. Senior-level candidates are expected to show greater autonomy, innovation, and leadership, along with strong project management, analytical, stakeholder-management, industry, and compliance-reporting capabilities. MCE is a not-for-profit public agency serving four Bay Area counties. Employees may work remotely, in a hybrid arrangement, or in the office, depending on role responsibilities and in-person meeting requirements. The listed starting salary ranges are $97,277–$121,353 for Power Resources Analyst and $113,051–$147,691 for Senior Power Resources Analyst.

Requirements

Strong understanding of data modeling fundamentals, including star schemas, fact/dimension tables, grain, and normalization.
For Power Resources Analyst: bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, economics, finance, or a closely related field.
For Power Resources Analyst: at least two years of direct Analyst-level experience performing similar work, or an equivalent combination of education or experience in an electric utility, energy technology company, Community Choice Aggregation program, or closely related field. A master’s degree may substitute for up to two years of required experience.
For Senior Power Resources Analyst: bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, economics, finance, or a closely related field.
For Senior Power Resources Analyst: at least five years of experience in an electric utility, energy technology company, Community Choice Aggregation program, or closely related field. A master’s degree may substitute for up to two years of required experience.
Thoroughness and attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly to changing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people encountered in performing the duties.
Ability to take responsibility and work independently as well as collaboratively as a team member.
Ability to prepare professional written work products.
Ability to perform quantitative data and statistical analysis and communicate results effectively.
Ability to deliver reports on time while maintaining high quality standards.
Ability to work with diverse communities and people with different levels of understanding.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with SQL and Python.
Strong documentation skills, including process maps, system diagrams, and data flow charts, and ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Interest in how systems, data, and processes work together.
Experience building data models for analytics or reporting.
Experience with BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
Experience in energy marketing or operational data environments.
Exposure to integrated mapping of systems, data, and processes.
Familiarity with ETRM systems, market data platforms, or operational systems.

Responsibilities

Document how systems, data, and processes interact across contracting, trading, forecasting, scheduling, operations, and settlements.
Inventory key platforms and map data flows between them.
Create diagrams showing systems, data lineage, and workflow dependencies.
Identify data quality issues, manual steps, spreadsheet-based logic, and workflow bottlenecks.
Support future-state data models, standardized definitions, and improved data flows that reduce manual work and enable automation.
Assist in redesigning operational workflows and validate new data pipelines, integrations, and processes.
Build dashboards and reports for market operations, forecasting, asset performance, settlements, and operational KPIs.
Prepare structured datasets for analytics, including feature engineering for forecasting, anomaly detection, and optimization models.
Translate business questions into analytical requirements and ensure the data environment supports them.
Support development of forecasting and performance-monitoring datasets, such as load and renewable forecasts, curtailment analysis, and settlement variance.
Implement data validation checks, quality monitoring, and automated reporting pipelines.
Explore, under guidance from senior analysts, AI/ML applications to improve forecasting accuracy, detect anomalies in market data, and identify operational inefficiencies.
Summarize insights, create visualizations, and present findings to stakeholders across operations, trading, forecasting, and settlements.
Ensure analytics outputs are reproducible, well documented, and aligned with governance standards.
Perform project management, report generation, data review, and data visualization.
Potentially assist with regulatory compliance reporting for procurement and ensure data infrastructure meets regulatory standards.
Collaborate with MCE technical teams, other departments, external consultants, counterparties, government representatives, and regulatory bodies.