Position Description

Oversees day-ahead personnel in trading & scheduling operations. Operations on the day-ahead desk involve the day-ahead hourly load forecasting, day-ahead unit commitment decisions, purchasing and selling of wholesale energy & natural gas on the day-ahead market, and associated scheduling under the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) scheduling calendar. Develops opportunities for long-term capacity, energy sales and industry services by coordinating pricing, credit, risk management, and physical delivery components. Oversees and provides necessary supervision to the entire day-ahead group. The day-ahead trading operations group is responsible for managing these requirements for Tucson Electric Power (TEP), UNS Electric (UNSE), and UNS Gas (UNSG). Completion of the CAISO EIM training will be required in the position.

Position-Related Responsibilities

• Identifies process and procedure improvements to strengthen market participation and resource efficiency.
• Develops and implements policies, processes and strategies that satisfy hourly demand load requirements in an optimal manner.
• Monitors and analyzes market performance, market participant behavior and compliance with market rules.
• Ensures day-ahead personnel optimize scheduling of generation resources and utilizes sales, purchases and banking of power and energy with other entities in a way that maximizes reliability while minimizing the overall fuel and purchased power costs for each company.
• Assists department in the development and implementation of training procedures for the California ISO (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
• Participates in the analysis of the day-ahead management of the company’s participation in the CAISO EIM, including outage schedules, load and resource balancing, and bid strategies.
• Interacts with regional utility companies to keep abreast of inter-utility issues and to assess short-term market conditions.
• Interprets contract provisions with respect to rate, billing, power scheduling, and other matters of performance under the terms of various power agreements.
• Originates new business development opportunities with third-party wholesale customers.
• Effectively prioritizes prospective customer opportunities, responds to customer inquiries and requests for proposals.
• Works closely and negotiates with commercial counterparties, government entities, and other stakeholders on power agreements.
• Reviews energy buying activities for the purpose of evaluating long-term risk and system optimization.
• Analyzes variances in long-term trends in resources and load.
• Collects market data and performs market forecasting and analysis.
• Creates proposals and presentations detailing prospective opportunities for long-term capacity and energy sales by coordinating pricing, credit analysis, and physical delivery components.
• Maintains an awareness and understanding of applicable Federal and State regulations.
• Stays up to date on WECC, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) compliance requirements.
• Supports department during internal and external audits.
• Ensure that the Company’s management principles, policies and programs are consistently practiced and continually support the Affirmative Action Plan.
• Assume fiduciary responsibility for operating the business and provide recommendations on cost improvement measures.
• Ensure that the Performance Management program is administered uniformly and effectively.
• Performs other Wholesale Marketing duties as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 8 or more years of relevant wholesale marketing, energy trading or scheduling experience or an equivalent combination of working experience in energy, natural gas, finance, or engineering.
• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, economics, finance, accounting, or related field(s), or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have demonstrated utility business experience and strong communication skills.
• Must have advanced knowledge of economic and technical principles of electrical generation and transmission systems.
• Must have strong quantitative, analytical, and computer skills.
• Ability to interpret and analyze the EIM market results, in order to adjust bid strategies to maximize day-ahead market benefits.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of complex energy contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead at all levels of the organization, with business acumen, risk taking, emotional intelligence, and stress tolerance.