Senior Associate, Energy Services

Senior Associate, Energy Services

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Clearlight Energy, an LS Power company established in 2025, operates more than 3,000 MW across 44 assets consisting of utility‑scale solar, wind, battery storage and renewable natural gas in North America. Approximately 2,700 MW of its operations are located in the U.S. across NYISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT, and CAISO markets, with the remaining 300 MW located in Canada. The company is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, with employees in both Canada and the United States.

Clearlight Energy focuses on providing operational excellence to supply critical energy capacity and meet growing demand. It also has a 1,200 MW development pipeline of additional renewable resources to support grid reliability and decarbonization.

A leading asset operator, investor, and developer focused on the energy markets in the United States. The successful candidate will actively manage positions stemming from a portfolio of assets (solar, wind, battery storage) and optimize and hedge risks such as intermittency, congestion, and DART spreads. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the fragmented power markets across the United States, sound knowledge of trading products, analytical and programming capability, and structuring expertise.

Salary: $170,000 - $190,000 (NYC). This range may be adjusted in the future.

• Perform market analysis to determine short‑ and long‑term trading opportunities in commodity markets (Power, FTRs, emissions, RECs, natural gas, power basis).
• Negotiate and execute bilateral agreements to hedge existing positions and supporting guarantees (e.g., busbar deals, basis lock‑ups, RFPs).
• Use fundamental analysis to research market dynamics and assess trade and hedge positions.
• Co‑develop tools and integrated systems supporting the trading activity (stack models, bidding tools, dashboards).
• Monitor market, industry, product and pricing trends.
• Assist with structuring and negotiating documentation to put trades into place.
• Provide asset valuation support for company acquisition and development activity.
• Maintain close interaction with operational teams, collecting real‑time asset insights and using market info to inform operational decisions (e.g., maintenance, LD estimates).
• Present hedge strategies and results to executive committees and broader groups (finance, operations, legal, asset managers).
• Develop power generation hedging strategies across market regions to maximize profitability and minimize margin volatility.
• Focus hedging on gross margin value streams such as power, ancillaries, and capacity.
• Formulate risk management and trading strategies.
• Ensure compliance with strategic objectives and existing risk controls.
• Apply statistical and econometric analysis to raw Power and Gas datasets to draw robust predictive conclusions.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Minimum five years of trading, structuring, and/or analytical support experience within the power industry.
• Analytical, modeling, and fundamental research skills with demonstrated programming capability (writing, reading, editing code).
• Working knowledge of trade capture and programming systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work on multiple simultaneous projects with minimal supervision and strong follow‑through.

• Deep experience in one or more U.S. energy markets.
• Experience with intermittency resources (wind or solar farms).
• Understanding of risk management metrics and thresholds.
• Proficiency handling complex datasets using Excel and Python; SQL queries a plus.

Full‑time | Mid‑Senior level | Other (Utilities)