Senior Consultant - Power Markets & Community Solar Modeling

Guidehouse•Detroit, MI

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Guidehouse's Power Markets and Modeling Team supports utilities, developers, investors, policymakers, and corporate energy buyers in navigating the evolving energy landscape. Our work spans wholesale electricity markets, transmission and distribution planning, distributed energy resources (DERs), and community solar programs, helping clients make informed investment, planning, and policy decisions in support of grid reliability, affordability, and decarbonization goals. We are seeking a Senior Consultant with a unique combination of expertise in wholesale power market analysis and modeling and community solar market development and strategy. The ideal candidate understands how distributed energy resources—including community solar, distributed storage, and flexible demand—interact with wholesale market dynamics, transmission and distribution systems, and utility planning processes. This individual can clearly articulate how community solar deployment affects load growth, capacity needs, congestion patterns, resource adequacy, wholesale market prices, and long-term system planning. As part of Guidehouse's Power Markets and Modeling Team, you will support a wide range of client engagements, including wholesale market forecasting, resource planning, community solar market assessments, DER valuation, transmission planning studies, and integrated grid strategy development.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident due to the nature of client engagements.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy Finance, Public Policy, Business, or a related discipline and 3+ years of relevant professional experience; or Master's degree and 1+ years of relevant professional experience.
Professional experience conducting wholesale power market analysis using economic dispatch, production cost, or capacity expansion models such as PSO or similar tools.
Demonstrated experience analyzing ISO/RTO markets, including energy, capacity, and ancillary services markets.
Experience with community solar, distributed generation, DER strategy, renewable energy development, utility planning, or clean energy policy.
Understanding of the relationship between distributed energy resources and bulk power system operations, planning, and market outcomes.
Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
Experience with data analytics, data management, and visualization.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while working independently and collaboratively.
Ability to travel as required.
Ability to work in a Guidehouse office or client office location.
Currently reside in the contiguous United States.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of FERC, NERC, state regulatory frameworks, and community solar program design.
Experience supporting generation, storage, or distributed energy resource investment decisions.
Working knowledge of coding and analytics tools such as Python, R, SQL, or VBA.
Consulting experience within the utility, energy, or renewable energy sectors.
Existing relationships within the community solar, utility, renewable development, or power market industries.
Preference given to candidates within reasonable driving distance of a Guidehouse office or client location.

Responsibilities

Conduct wholesale power market analysis using production cost, economic dispatch, and capacity expansion models such as Power Systems Optimizer (PSO) or similar tools.
Develop long-term forecasts of energy, capacity, ancillary service, and renewable energy credit markets across North American ISO/RTO regions.
Develop long-term forecasts of retail supply, community solar credits, and state-level SRECs across multiple state programs.
Evaluate the impacts of community solar, distributed generation, energy storage, electrification, and demand-side resources on wholesale market outcomes and utility planning.
Analyze resource additions and retirements, transmission constraints, congestion patterns, and reliability considerations across regional power systems.
Support community solar market assessments, including program design, subscriber economics, policy analysis, market sizing, and financial valuation.
Quantify the value streams available to distributed and utility-scale resources across retail and wholesale markets.
Perform integrated analyses that connect distribution-level resource adoption with bulk power system planning and market operations.
Support transmission planning, interconnection, and grid integration studies related to renewable energy and distributed resource deployment.
Develop analytical tools, databases, and visualization products to improve modeling efficiency and communicate complex findings.
Translate client challenges into actionable scopes of work and analytical frameworks.
Prepare reports, presentations, and client-ready deliverables that communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Support project management activities, including work planning, quality assurance, budget tracking, and client communications.
Contribute to business development efforts, proposal development, and thought leadership initiatives.
Mentor junior consultants and support their technical and professional development.

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend