Senior Consultant - Power Markets & Community Solar Modeling

Senior Consultant – Power Markets & Modeling Guidehouse’s Power Markets and Modeling Team supports utilities, developers, investors, policymakers, and corporate energy buyers in navigating the evolving energy landscape. The role focuses on wholesale power market analysis, community solar market development, and integrated grid strategy. Key Responsibilities Conduct wholesale power market analysis using production cost, economic dispatch, and capacity expansion models such as Power Systems Optimizer (PSO) or similar tools. Develop long‑term forecasts of energy, capacity, ancillary service, and renewable energy credit markets across North American ISO/RTO regions. Forecast retail supply, community solar credits, and state‑level SRECs across multiple state programs. Evaluate impacts of community solar, distributed generation, energy storage, electrification, and demand‑side resources on wholesale market outcomes and utility planning. Analyze resource additions and retirements, transmission constraints, congestion patterns, and reliability considerations across regional power systems. Support community solar market assessments, including program design, subscriber economics, policy analysis, market sizing, and financial valuation. Quantify value streams available to distributed and utility‑scale resources across retail and wholesale markets. Perform integrated analyses that connect distribution‑level resource adoption with bulk power system planning and market operations. Support transmission planning, interconnection, and grid integration studies related to renewable energy and distributed resource deployment. Develop analytical tools, databases, and visualization products to improve modeling efficiency and communicate complex findings. Translate client challenges into actionable scopes of work and analytical frameworks. Prepare reports, presentations, and client‑ready deliverables that communicate technical findings to both technical and non‑technical audiences. Support project management activities, including work planning, quality assurance, budget tracking, and client communications. Contribute to business development efforts, proposal development, and thought leadership initiatives. Mentor junior consultants and support their technical and professional development. Qualifications U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy Finance, Public Policy, Business, or related discipline with 3+ years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 1+ year of relevant experience. Professional experience conducting wholesale power market analysis using economic dispatch, production cost, or capacity expansion models such as PSO or similar tools. Experience analyzing ISO/RTO markets, including energy, capacity, and ancillary services markets. Experience with community solar, distributed generation, DER strategy, renewable energy development, utility planning, or clean energy policy. Understanding of the relationship between distributed energy resources and bulk power system operations, planning, and market outcomes. Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills. Experience with data analytics, data management, and visualization. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and collaboratively. Travel up to 25% of the time; ability to work in a Guidehouse office or client office location. Nice‑to‑Have Skills Knowledge of FERC, NERC, state regulatory frameworks, and community solar program design. Experience supporting generation, storage, or distributed energy resource investment decisions. Working knowledge of coding and analytics tools such as Python, R, SQL, or VBA. Consulting experience within the utility, energy, or renewable energy sectors. Existing relationships within the community solar, utility, renewable development, or power market industries. Preference given to candidates within reasonable driving distance of a Guidehouse office or client location. Compensation Annual salary range: $89,000.00 – $148,000.00. Compensation decisions are based on a wide range of factors, including skill set, experience, training, and business needs. Benefits Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays Possible discretionary variable incentive bonus Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance 401(k) Retirement Plan Basic Life & Supplemental Life Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Short‑Term & Long‑Term Disability Student Loan PayDown Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities Skills Development & Certifications Employee Referral Program Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach Emergency Back‑Up Childcare Program Mobility Stipend Equal Opportunity Employer Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. #J-18808-Ljbffr US101 Guidehouse Inc.