Sr. Market Analyst - Nodal Analysis

NextEra Energy, Inc•Juno Beach, FL

32d

About The Position

NextEra Energy Marketing is one of the nation's leading electricity and natural gas marketers, and a key player in the energy markets in the United States and Canada. As a part of NextEra Energy Resources, we specialize in innovative energy strategies that maximize market value for our customers and stakeholders. Our team is skilled in market analysis, trading, risk management and delivering tailored customer solutions across North America. If you are a strategic thinker eager to make a significant impact in the fast-paced energy industry, join our team today. Position Specific Description NextEra Energy Resources is a foremost provider of clean energy, with natural gas, wind, solar, and nuclear power plants in operation in 24 states and Canada. With more than 18 GW of installed capacity, we are the world's top producer of wind power, and we operate one of the largest solar fleets on the planet. Approximately 95% of NextEra Energy Resources' electricity is generated by clean fuels, and 100% of our effort goes into upholding our leadership in this exciting and rapidly emerging field. NextEra Energy Resources is currently seeking an experienced Nodal Analyst to join our Market Analysis team in Juno Beach, Florida. The Market Analysis team is responsible for providing company leadership with objective and comprehensive analytical assessments of North American energy markets. This includes developing and maintaining forecasts for energy, basis, ancillary services, capacity, REC and emission allowance prices as well as analyzing the impact of regional and national regulatory initiatives. This analysis is a key driver of decisions to build, sell, or buy power generation assets, hedging activity, and development of corporate strategy.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in related activities
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, or related is required; MBA or graduate degree preferred
Previous experience in energy industry along with forecasting and asset management experience required
Prior hands-on experience with nodal production cost model is required
The successful candidate should have strong data manipulation, analysis, and presentation skills (Excel, PowerPoint); some experience in evaluating complex technical and financial issues independently, developing recommendations, action plans, and managing multiple complex assignments simultaneously
Programming skills, e.g. python, SQL a plus

Nice To Haves

An electrical engineering degree with a focus on Power Systems will be a plus

Responsibilities

Maintain electric sector models similar to PSO-Enelytix / DAYZER / GridView / PROMOD / Aurora or similar nodal production cost simulation proprietary tools with up-to-date market intelligence
Perform market simulations and develop power market forecasts in support of development, M&A, and management of existing assets
Provide transmission congestion analysis and basis outlook in regional power markets
Run sensitivity analysis with varying fundamental parameters including load, fuel prices, outages etc.
Perform power flow analysis using models such as PowerWorld and PSSE
Managing Market Analysis projects from inception to management presentation with limited oversight
Establish and maintain working relationships with internal and external contacts which will support the development of data describing the key market factors
Synthesize a market view consistent with the fundamental market factors and communicate this view to the organization towards the purpose of achieving consensus on this view
Analyze market, historical, and fundamental data, draw inferences and present results in a clear and understandable format to management and external customers
Manage multiple projects inclusive of those above, completing them in a timely manner