Senior Resource Adequacy Analyst

Senior Resource Adequacy Analyst

Western Power Pool is hiring a Senior Resource Adequacy Analyst to join our team in Portland, OR!

Key Details:

• Pay: $112,600 – $128,000/year DOE
• Location: Remote in select states - must reside within the following areas: AZ, OR, WA, UT, NV, CA, WY, MT, ID, NM, CO, El Paso TX
• Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm PPT
• Benefits: Employer-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance; PTO, 11 paid holidays, company-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), 401k with 6% match, and flexible hybrid working schedule

Who We Are: Western Power Pool (WPP) is a non-profit organization that helps keep the lights on by ensuring power utilities in the West achieve maximum benefits from coordinated operations. Our work is customer-driven, relationship-based, and collaborative.

We've been serving the energy sector for over 80 years and are at the forefront of ensuring the reliability and security of the power grid while spearheading the integration of renewable energy sources. As a leader in the energy sector, we manage power generation and transmission across multiple states, facilitate competitive energy markets, and foster innovation to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Western Power Pool is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive atmosphere for all employees.

Who You Are: You are an experienced energy industry professional with deep knowledge of resource adequacy, grid reliability, and compliance-driven programs in Western energy markets. You bring strong analytical judgment and are comfortable independently owning complex workstreams, interpreting tariff and regulatory requirements, and making defensible recommendations. You have experience working directly with utilities and market participants, explaining requirements, resolving issues, and navigating differing stakeholder perspectives. You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, manage competing priorities effectively, and are motivated by leading high-impact work that supports reliable power across the Western Interconnection.

Qualifications include:

• 5 - 7 years' experience in energy markets, resource adequacy, compliance, utility planning, settlements, or related analytical roles
• Strong understanding of capacity planning, reliability metrics, and compliance frameworks
• Experience owning analytical processes, data validation, and reporting activities
• Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders and apply program rules or regulatory frameworks
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g. business intelligence and data refinement)
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Energy Systems, Business, or related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting forward showing, capacity accreditation, or resource adequacy programs.
• Deep familiarity with WRAP Tariff and Business Practice Manuals or similar regulatory and program governance frameworks.
• Experience designing and maintaining dashboards, analytical models, and reporting tools using Power BI or similar platforms.
• Experience with OATI tools (e.g., OASIS) and transmission service workflows
• Experience in energy industry nonprofit, ISO/RTO, or utility environments
• Exposure to front office, settlements, merchant transmission, or long-term resource planning
• Experience providing informal mentorship, guidance, or technical leadership to analysts or cross-functional team members.

What You'll Do: As a Senior Resource Adequacy Analyst, you will serve as a key technical contributor supporting the Western Resource Adequacy Program Forward Showing Program. You will lead and perform complex compliance evaluations, including capacity, deliverability, and resource accreditation analyses, while ensuring alignment with WRAP Tariff and Business Practice Manual requirements. You will act as a primary point of contact for program participants, translating requirements, communicating results, and driving issue resolution. In addition, you will develop and maintain analytical models and reporting tools, prepare materials for WRAP committees and leadership, collaborate across internal teams to ensure analytical consistency, and identify opportunities to improve processes, data quality, and participant experience.

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Monitor industry developments, regulatory changes, and market trends that may materially impact WRAP requirements, resource adequacy frameworks, and regional reliability coordination, and assess potential program impacts.
• Support WRAP Tariff and Business Practice Manual updates by providing analytical input, reviewing proposed changes, and helping translate requirements into operational processes.
• Serve as a subject matter resource within the WRAP team by sharing technical expertise, providing informal mentorship to analysts, and supporting knowledge transfer across the program.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance analytical rigor, data quality, reporting effectiveness, and participant experience.
• Represent the WRAP Forward Showing Program professionally in internal and external forums, demonstrating sound judgment, discretion, and an understanding of broader stakeholder and program impacts.