ERCOT Market Lead - Transmission Strategy

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AES Clean Energy (AES) is seeking a Transmission Strategy Market Lead for the ERCOT region, and possibly additional markets, to join our Transmission Strategy team. This role is responsible for both transmission planning and nodal production cost modeling.

AES is at the forefront of technical and strategic innovation. This team is central to continuing our industry leadership as one of the largest U.S. Independent Clean Power Producers, across Solar, Wind, and Storage.

This ERCOT Market Lead, Transmission Strategy role, will serve as the principal Transmission Strategy lead for ERCOT, and possibly additional continental US energy markets.

The Transmission Strategy team is responsible for setting a transmission focused market-wide strategy in all Continental U.S. energy markets, and integrating that strategy across AES teams, including Development, Commercial, Execution, and other teams. This strategy will be applied to prioritizing our greenfield efforts, prioritizing our project acquisition efforts, and prioritizing our existing project pipeline. The Transmission Strategy team is also responsible for project specific assessment of network impacts, and deliverability risks and opportunities.

This function is critical through all stages of development, from greenfield prospecting through late-stage interconnection studies and agreement execution.

The Transmission Strategy team relies on a combination of traditional transmission planning and load flow analysis, while pioneering innovative approaches to anticipate transmission network opportunities and risks. The team relies on a mix of conducting in-house and consultant-supported load flow studies.

Desired Skills, Expertise, Etc.

• Deep relevant experience including transmission planning, market design, interconnection policy, resource adequacy and/or market operations is required. Experience with multiple Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) and other non-RTO regions is a plus, but not a requirement.
• Experience personally running power flow and stability analysis (i.e. powerGEM TARA, Powerworld, GE PSLF, Siemens PSS/E) required. Ideally, demonstrated project management experience including some experience overseeing others to run power flow studies, and experience with contractors running power flow studies is preferred.
• Experience personally running nodal production cost modeling (i.e., PROMOD, UPLAN, GE MAPS, Aurora), and evaluating dispatch trends, curtailment trends and locational marginal pricing trends..
• Experience with ISO/RTO/TO Transmission Planning, Generation Interconnection, and processes and related stakeholder processes required. Experience with Resource Adequacy processes is a plus.
• Experience with reviewing and negotiating Transmission Services Agreements (TSAs) preferred. Experience with assessing strategies for wheeling across balancing authorities, is beneficial.
• Experience with renewable energy development is beneficial.
• Ability to create a positive and productive teamwork environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both commercial and technical venues. Ability to present complex technical content in a simplified and useful manner for a non-technical audience.
• Ability to innovate and resolve complex challenges.
• Willingness to travel as needed, which is not expected to exceed 10% of the time.
• AI and/or Automation experience is a plus.
• Vision for what is needed to achieve success and ability to implement an effective plan of action.
  
  

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