Real Time Markets Specialist

At PGE our work involves dreaming about planning for and realizing a smarter cleaner more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we havent stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social economic and environmental progress. Were always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

As a Real Time Markets Specialist you will have the unique opportunity to serve as an expert in power supply management optimizing generation resources and orchestrating commodity market dispatch for PGEs facilities. You will oversee complex real-time energy transactions and develop near-term wholesale marketing strategies contributing to PGEs revenue objectives and clean energy goals. A successful candidate will have expert knowledge of electric bulk power generation and transmission systems as well as advanced analytical thinking and decision-making skills. This role offers an exciting chance to shape the future of energy markets in the Pacific Northwest working at the forefront of renewable integration and grid optimization. Youll be part of a dynamic team driving innovation in power trading and scheduling systems making a real impact on PGEs clean energy transition.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Power Supply Management - Serves as an expert on monitoring reservoir levels wind forecasts and fuels supply to optimize use of generation resources and arrange generation operations to meet load and reserve requirements for each hour; orchestrates the assessment of outage information and directing commodity market dispatch of PGE generating facilities; provides expertise to colleagues developing and submitting base schedules and energy bids to the commodity market operator on an hourly basis; orchestrates the scheduling of short-term interutility exchanges of power and related power products; negotiates the most complex purchases of hourly and daily supplies of energy; determines price/risk tradeoffs of the most costly power system operating strategies; orchestrates the implementation of term and day-ahead contracts and development of day-ahead schedules for controllable resources.

Power Marketing - Oversees or personally negotiates the most complex real-time energy sales purchases and wheeling arrangements with other entities; analyzes and develops the most complex near-term wholesale marketing and commodity market bidding strategies; provides expertise to colleagues identifying and evaluating price/risk tradeoffs of very complex power sale/supply/transmission scenarios; determines near-term wholesale market strategies to meet revenue objectives; serves as a recognized expert on the West Coast power markets.

Accounting and Reporting - Oversees the documenting and maintaining of records for PGEs Merchant Real Time Operations activities and wholesale power transactions and reporting to governmental agencies merchants balancing authorities accounting and contracting personnel and others; serves as a recognized expert on energy marketing and trading.

Transmission Management - Orchestrates redirecting and/or purchasing transmission to meet PGEs needs for Merchant Real Time Operations activities and reselling PGE purchased transmission that is surplus; ensures efficient and economic transfer of system resources within the EIM footprint; oversees accounting for all transmission activities.

External Relations - Is a recognized expert of the power trading/scheduling system; develops and maintains relationships with other industry experts in scheduling and marketing and in other utilities.

Internal Collaboration - Serves as a subject matter expert on the automated systems that support the strategies that impact the Western grid; as a highly skilled technical lead consolidates system support between IT and energy supply creating custom complex products and solutions; ensures maintaining the system repair of system issues and development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems; performs database extraction for analysis; creates custom tools.

System Training and Presentations - Provides training and mentorship for complex energy supply systems that are interconnected in multiple ways and at multiple levels; serves as an expert in each system that forms the whole network that supports outages bidding and operations; provides expert guidance on quality of communications presentations and training on system enhancements.

Application System Functionality - Utilizes broad and deep understanding of the entire trading process to contribute to companywide strategies addressed by implementation of new functionality to energy supply application systems; provides expertise in development of governance of analytical product dataset and report library.

Application Support - Provides expert guidance on support for and ongoing implementation of changes to system software including identifying tracking and resolving highly complex software problems; ensures coordination with software vendors and/or IT.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATIONS

Education

• Requires a bachelors degree in mathematics sciences engineering finance business economics or other related fields or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Typically 12 or more years in power trading structuring research analysis engineering programming design modeling power systems operations and/or wholesale power market operations or in a related field.

Certifications

• Experience with VB/VBA Web APIs Python Java SQL and PI Vision/Explorer/Analysis. NERC Certification.

COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES)

Functional Competencies

• Expert knowledge of electric bulk power generation transmission and operating systems.

• Expert knowledge of regional electric utilities Northwest and Southwest power markets and power and wheeling market pricing and practices.

• Expert skills in analyzing energy market conditions or trends.

• Expert knowledge of the theory precepts practices and requirements of balancing authority operations.

• Expert knowledge of contract law rules and regulations.

• Expert knowledge of water management policies and procedures for hydro facilities.

• Expert skills in negotiating contracts.

• Expert knowledge of market fundamentals and ability to independently research and acquire knowledge of the market.

• Expert strategic thinking skills that enable long-term planning determining priorities setting goals and identifying potential risks and opportunities.

• Advanced computer skills using Microsoft Office (Excel Word and PowerPoint) and other analytics programs.

• Advanced skills in data management.

• Advanced knowledge of programming languages.

General Competencies

• Expert analytical thinking skills.

• Expert decision-making skills.

• Expert diplomacy skills.

• Expert problem-solving skills.

• Expert written and oral presentation skills.

• Expert project management skills.

• Expert interpersonal skills.

• Advanced team-building skills.

PHYSICAL COGNITIVE DEMANDS AND SCHEDULE/ATTENDANCE

Physical

• Does the job require a valid drivers license - No

• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

• Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)

Cognitive Demands

• Ability to adhere to set response times deadlines and time-sensitive tasks

• Ability to follow accuracy standards

• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback

• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers managers and others within the organization

• Demonstrates sound memory

• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance

• Ability to adhere to pre-established schedule including start/stop time and break/lunch schedule typically for nonexempt positions although some exempt positions may have an established start/stop time

• Ability to work long hours typically for exempt positions; if included in nonexempt positions overtime applies

• Ability to work a variable schedule

• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather

• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular reliable predictable full-time attendance for part-time positions change to part-time attendance

• Ability to work shift schedule

• Ability to work on-call schedule

Environment

• Office environment - Hybrid - 3 days in office required

Compensation Range:

Actual total compensation including a performance based incentive bonus is commensurate with experience skills qualifications education training and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company and at the same time support your well-being and professional development both now and into the future. To find out more click here.

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