JERA Americas · 2 days ago
Senior Analyst, Fundamentals - Power
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expJERA Americas is seeking a Senior Analyst, Power Fundamentals to assist in the development and management of North American supply, demand, infrastructure, and price forecasting. The role involves analyzing trends, building power dispatch models, and supporting hedging decisions to inform trading and strategic investments.
EnergyOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Analyze and identify emerging trends affecting short-, mid- and long-term congestion patterns across ISOs – particularly ISONE, NYISO, PJM, and ERCOT
Build, maintain, and run zonal and nodal power dispatch models to support various groups across the company including commercial gas & power trading and asset development
Develop and maintain nodal market models to forecast power prices, congestion, and transmission flows across various ISO/RTO markets, with a focus on simulating forward market conditions over 3- to 5-year horizons
Support hedging decisions, including FTR/CRR analysis
Track and disseminate major industry news, announcements, and regulatory actions that could impact market fundamentals
Understand and explain drivers of forward curves and how/why they differ from internal POV
Desire to be a part of a high performing and analytical team
Working knowledge of ISO topology, prevailing congestion patterns, and power plant dispatch, with focus on ISONE, NYISO, PJM, and ERCOT
Familiarity with ISO datasets, particularly related to nodal LMPs and transmission topology
Strong analytical thinking and modeling skills
Ability to explain drivers of nodal basis and how they could evolve with changing infrastructure – transmission expansion, plant new build & retirements, etc
Ability to communicate market views clearly, backed by quantitative analytics – explain the 'why'
Demonstrated ability to build models and analysis from the ground up without existing infrastructure, designing efficient and reliable processes
Very strong Excel skills. Programming, database skills, or BI software experience a strong plus (SQL Server, Python, VBA, or R)
Experience with PLEXOS, PROMOD, AURORA or similar power dispatch model
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, finance, or related discipline
3 to 5 years of industry experience in a similar role – trading support, asset investment support, consulting
Strong power markets nodal modeling experience
Preferred
Advanced degree
Experience with PLEXOS or a similar power dispatch model
Preferably experience with Python
Company
JERA Americas
JERA Americas is an energy company. It is a sub-organization of JERA.
201-500 employees
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