Regional Market Consultant , II

SUMMARY

The overall purpose of this position is to provide broader strategic and subject matter expertise in advancing regional market design and participation strategies that improve reliability, affordability, operational efficiency, and customer access to diverse energy resources. Under limited supervision, this role applies a comprehensive understanding of regional energy markets, transmission planning, integrated resource planning, market operations, and regulatory policy to evaluate complex technical, environmental, operational, and economic conditions;

identify risks and opportunities; and develop recommendations that support informed business decisions. The position is responsible for leading or independently managing key analyses, coordinating cross-functional inputs, representing the company in external stakeholder forums, and influencing regional initiatives involving utilities, regional planning bodies, market operators, and state utility commissions, including transmission expansion, renewable energy and storage participation in organized markets, competitive market enhancement, and related strategic initiatives.

• Monitor and participate in regional market design proceedings and resource adequacy initiatives to support market participation strategies that align with and improve PNM customer reliability, affordability, and access to regional energy resources.
• Monitor and engage in utilities
  ¿ efforts to improve or revise Open Access Transmission Tariffs, including supporting regulatory filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as needed, to advance transmission access, cost-effective market participation, and customer benefits.
• Develop and maintain professional working relationships with decision-makers, utilities, market operators, and coalition partners to shape regional market policies and practices that support customer-focused outcomes.
• Provide support and demonstrate assigned job responsibilities as part of on-the-job training for co-workers.
• Collect quantitative and qualitative data from sources such as surveys, internal databases, and market reports.
• Proactively evaluate activities across departments, including operations, planning, Western Power Markets, settlements, and related functions, to identify emerging or high-impact issues affecting regional market outcomes, customer costs, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Assume responsibility for developing and directing analyses that support improved market, operational, business, and customer outcomes, including strategies that enhance the value of regional market participation.
• Support the prioritization of critical market design, participation, and operational challenges requiring management attention and cross-functional resolution to protect and improve customer benefits.
• Organize and clean datasets to support analysis.
• Support the development and evaluation of data collection methodologies, including questionnaires and opinion surveys.
• Monitor industry statistics and track trends in trade publications.
• Support the preparation of routine reports and data visualizations, including tables and graphs, that communicate market trends, risks, opportunities, and customer-benefit impacts to internal stakeholders and leadership.

• Extensive understanding of competitive wholesale electricity markets, including market dynamics such as delivery limitations, regional supply and demand, daily and seasonal variability, reliability considerations, and fuel impacts.
• Ability to assess and synthesize complex technical and economic variables and develop timely, accurate recommendations based on analytical findings.
• Ability to communicate analytical insights, risks, and…