Urban Grid, a leading independent power producer, facilitates a rapid and sustainable energy transition by developing high-quality renewable energy projects, fostering community partnerships, and serving as a good land steward. Our company is positioned to own and operate its facilities while cultivating a land management system that benefits farmers, communities, and the natural world through agrivoltaics. Urban Grid maintains a delivery-focused approach with the goal of being a good neighbor, corporate citizen, and trusted energy solutions partner. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with teams situated strategically throughout the United States, Urban Grid has a long history of contributing to the clean energy economy. In addition to 940 megawatts currently under construction, we are actively developing a growing portfolio of more than 12,000 megawatts of solar PV and 7,000 megawatts of co-located and stand-alone energy storage. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com.
Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield. one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.
Join a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation who envision a future of energy independence using resilient, carbon-free generation. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a hybrid work environment and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the rapidly evolving renewable energy industry.
Job Summary
Urban Grid is seeking a Senior Analyst, Energy Fundamentals, to support our growing renewable energy portfolio. This role will be responsible for analyzing energy market fundamentals across PJM, MISO, SPP, and SERC, with a strong focus on transmission, congestion, and curtailment risk. The ideal candidate will provide critical insights to support project siting, development, M&A activities, and trading strategies for solar and storage assets.
Responsibilities
- Market Analysis & Risk Assessment: Conduct analysis of PJM, MISO, SPP, and SERC, focusing on transmission dynamics, congestion risks, and curtailment potential.
- Project Strategy: Support project strategy development for greenfield, acquisitions, and trading activities related to solar and storage assets.
- Trading & Risk Mitigation: Assist the trading team with scenario-based analysis to mitigate market risks using FTRs, DART, and term trading strategies.
- Market Impact Evaluation: Evaluate the market impact of planned generation, transmission upgrades, retirements, and evolving market fundamentals to inform investment strategies.
- Model Development & Maintenance: Maintain and enhance internal models based on evolving market conditions, including transmission upgrades, new build projects, retirements, load forecasts, and gas price movements.
- Long-Term Market Forecasting: Support long-term market outlooks by analyzing interconnection queue data and assessing the impact of new generation additions over the near- and medium-term horizon.
- Energy Pricing & Forecasting: Develop and refine energy, capacity, ancillary services, and REC price forecasts, incorporating third-party data and market intelligence.
- Market Drivers & Industry Trends: Track and analyze key market drivers, including fuel costs, supply-demand trends, regulatory shifts, and technological advancements.
- Other duties as assigned.
Location: Houston. TX Office. Hybrid/Remote working may be acceptable for this role. Position may require periodic travel for
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field
- 4+ years of experience in energy market analysis, transmission planning, or trading.
- Strong understanding of power market structures, congestion modeling, and fundamental drivers of energy pricing.
- Proficiency in data analysis, modeling, and visualization tools (e.g., Python, R, SQL, Power BI, or similar).
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into actionable insights.
- Experience with ISO/RTO market rules, interconnection processes, and transmission planning methodologies a plus.
- Experience working with FTR markets, basis risk management, or renewable energy trading is a plus.
Urban Grid offers an exciting benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending account, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, voluntary life, and long-term disability, paid parental leave, and a retirement plan with matching. Full-time position with a competitive compensation package, including bonus.
