Role Summary: Analyst, Structured Load Analytics – Houston, TX
Primary responsibility: operation, maintenance and reporting of data from load forecasting and product control systems. Manage long‑term forecast updates, variance analysis, and reporting of retail power components. Communicate results, drivers, and feedback to stakeholders regarding forecast output, settlement analysis, and performance analytics.
Requirements:- Bachelor's degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Financial Engineering, or other quantitative field. Advanced degrees desired.
- Minimum 2 years experience in load forecasting and advanced statistical methods or roles in product control, pricing, or accounting. Proficiency in system architecture for customer data, risk, and forecasting systems from a retail perspective. Working knowledge of SQL Server or Oracle SQL.
- Knowledge of:
Regression modeling, including neural‑net, simple regression, and hybrid modeling
Load and modeling constituents, including weather and transform functions
Statistical analysis to construct performance metrics (MAD, MAPE, etc.)
Moderate to advanced programming skills (SQL, scripting/object‑oriented coding including Python, Matlab, R, SAS, VBA)
Disregulated power markets: portfolio management, optimization, energy supply stack, customer profiling
Load: ISO‑level, regional, zonal, congestion, customer profiles, C&I and mass customers
Trending analysis, correlation to weather, attrition, conservation
Short‑ and long‑term forecast (time scales from hours to decades)
Electricity‑market hedge instruments, settlement mechanisms, volatility attributes, liquidity constraints
Market load and deviation settlement mechanisms, capable of shadow‑settlement calculations
About the Team:
Work in a fast‑paced environment; strong multitasking ability. Proficiency in application development and data visualization tools. Fundamental knowledge of weather and energy business for portfolio optimization.
ED&I and EOE
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol‑free workplace. Employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post‑accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
