Day Ahead Coordinator
Support and assist NRG's day-ahead and real-time traders, through position management, data analysis, reporting, deal checkouts, and settlement reconciliation. Perform power or commodity scheduling duties for NRG's generation and load assets.
Responsibilities :
- Schedule and confirm all day-ahead physical, financial, and ancillary transactions in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with management and ISO requirements
- Create and submit Current Operating Plans (COP) accurately communicating our resource commitments and availability with ERCOT, and coordinate these plans with Trading and Asset Management
- Understand the basics of load resources and schedule them appropriately according to company contracts and market requirements
- Assess and analyze fundamental market conditions and other variables to maximize efficiency of company portfolio and market interactions.
- Create and implement scheduling & trade-entry tools, data sets, and information feeds to facilitate least cost scheduling, asset optimization, and bidding
- Coordinate both resource and transmission outage requests, execute submittals and monitor for ISO approval
- Communicate day-ahead strategies and open scheduling items to the Real-Time desk ensuring a continuation of strategy and appropriate asset management
- Complete checkouts of daily and monthly trade-entries
- Assist in dispute resolution processes as needed with Real Time and / or Trading when issues arise surrounding deal entry, scheduling, billing and / or settlement errors
- Analyze deviations from forecasted load and generation schedules with real-time actual data
- Monitor and provide analysis of ISO settlement files as needed and work with settlement group to identify and track discrepancies and issues
- Provide administrative support for Asset Managers and Portfolio Directors as needed
- Operate in compliance with NRG's Risk Management Policy, and NRG's Code of Conduct
Education / Experience :
Bachelor's degree in economics, business, finance, or other relevant degree or direct industry or military related experience
Qualifications :
Experience with deal capture and reporting applicationsExperience in scheduling with ISO's and bilateral counterpartiesKnowledge of the characteristics of products bought or sold on electricity marketsKnowledge of the process to schedule exchanges between transmission providersBroad knowledge of tagging methodologies and requirementsStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsProven attention to detailCompetence in mathematics and technical conceptsExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to work under timing constraintsCapable / proficient with Microsoft Suite and web based environments.Applicable experience with any of the following markets : CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, and / or ISONE markets and / or operationsNERC and PJM certification are a plusIf not NERC or PJM certified, candidate must complete certification within 18 months of hireCandidate must complete the Day Ahead Desk qualification process prior to first unsupervised shift within 12 months of hire.Candidates must be able to work a 12-hour shift schedule as part of a 7 days a week operation.Candidates must be able to fulfill storm / event duty requirements that requires working during hurricane, winter storms and other possible catastrophic event conditions.