Power Scheduler/Day Ahead Planner

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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
• Schedule and confirm all day-ahead physical, financial and ancillary transactions in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with management and ISO requirements
• 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 applications
• Experience in scheduling with ISO's and bilateral counterparties
• Knowledge of the characteristics of products bought or sold on electricity markets
• Knowledge of the process to schedule exchanges between transmission providers
• Broad knowledge of tagging methodologies and requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven attention to detail
• Competence in mathematics and technical concepts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under timing constraints
• Capable/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 operations
• NERC and PJM certification are a plus.
• If not NERC or PJM certified, candidate must complete certification within 18 months of hire.
• Candidate 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. Persons in this role may be required to report to the storm/event duty location(s) and perform the job functions as required. This may include extended shifts as necessary until storm or event conditions reside.

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Other duties and tasks may be assigned to this job at the Company's discretion.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Official description on file with Talent.