Tennessee Valley Authority · 6 hours ago
Energy Market Analyst III - 518080
Tennessee Valley Authority is a government agency that provides electricity for business customers and local power companies. They are seeking an Energy Market Analyst III responsible for analyzing energy contracts and developing models to improve the overall system cost. The role involves working closely with enterprise-wide customers to recommend strategies and optimize economic benefits for TVA's portfolio.
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Responsibilities
Works closely with enterprise-wide customers to analyze energy contracts, logistics, post op, fuel, power supply and generating asset decisions for most economic alternative
Evaluates future markets and analyzes information from research/models to ensure and recommend sound business decisions
Evaluates output of analysis performed by System Planning and others to support business decisions, trading strategies, and marketing plans
Provides analytical support of risk management associated with analysis and recommendation of mitigating strategies
Assists in the development of strategies for future TVA markets; advises operations personnel
Utilizes and develops models, tools and systems for portfolio management, deal evaluation and asset decisions
Supports analytical and cross functional teams with ad hoc evaluations
Coordinates development and maintenance of post-op reporting, including trending and recommending corrective actions
Coordinates and communicate evaluation results with other organizations from analysts to executives as needed
Based on results of evaluations, recommends policy and strategy related to fuel supply, power purchases and sales, asset build/acquisition and divestiture, and asset capital investment to optimize TVA’s portfolio
Verifies, maintains, develops, and improves economic analysis models and tools. Performs reporting of operational activities for tracking, monitoring, and operational improvements
Supports cross functional teams and provides advice/technical review of the more complex analysis/evaluations
Provides influence on decisions on TVA’s book and portfolio for prompt month and out
Represents senior management on established projects to resolve key business issues
Qualitatively communicate quantitative concepts and models described above to management to support budget, hedging, strategic, credit, and capital decisions. Interface with front, middle, and back office groups
Train and share knowledge with others across TVA, including economic analysis training
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, mathematics, economics, engineering, or related field
Minimum of 5 years of work experience required
Must have a good knowledge of theories & applications in areas of power system economic, generation & transmission characteristics, economic dispatch, & bulk power marketing practices
Proficiency in oral and written communications is necessary
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products such as Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
Candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance based on position/access requirements and essential job functions
Preferred
Advanced degree is desirable
Experience in strategy development, analytical and/or financial evaluations and modeling is desirable
License/Certification in relevant field is desirable
Familiarity with analytical packages commonly used in model development such as Matlab, R, or other is desired
Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority is a corporate agency that provides electricity for business customers.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$404MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-12-02Grant· $400M
2019-03-29Debt Financing· $4M
Leadership Team
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