Job Description
Who We Are
Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is Southern California’s locally operated not-for-profit default electricity provider for 38 communities within Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the 4th largest electricity provider in the State of California. We provide clean renewable energy at competitive rates to over three million residents and businesses through approximately one million customer accounts.
What You’ll Do
CPA is seeking an Advisor, Energy Markets and Optimization to shape how its clean energy portfolio performs in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) market. In this role, you will build and apply models to optimize portfolio value, evaluate congestion and market risk, inform bidding and Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) strategies, and assess the impacts of market policy and design changes, with a focus on storage resources. You will translate complex market and policy drivers into clear recommendations that help CPA manage risk and improve financial performance.
Who You’ll Work With
The Advisor, Energy Markets and Optimization reports to the Senior Manager, Market Operations. You will work closely with teams including but not limited to Power Supply, Energy Risk, Finance, Customer Programs, Regulatory , CPA’s scheduling coordinator agent, asset owners and operators.
Commitment to Diversity
At CPA, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We represent a diverse customer base and intend to hire employees that reflect our communities. Clean Power Alliance provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Culture
CPA fosters a culture of open communication, responsibility, intellectual curiosity, and exceptional judgment. As a small team that has quickly built the largest Community Choice Aggregation program in the country, high levels of trust, collaboration, and mission alignment are key factors in success. We value fact-based creativity in our work, accountability with our stakeholders, and promote ethical engagement and diversity with our brand.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and data visualization tools, or related software.
Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
Ability to fully own tasks and processes with minimal oversight
Ability to handle multiple priorities to meet deadlines and escalate key issues
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing executive-level reports.
Understanding of CAISO market mechanics, including bidding, outages, telemetry, settlements, RA compliance, and CRR markets.
Experience with Battery Energy Storage operations in CAISO.
Experience with modeling and valuation of electricity products and physical resource assets.
Collaborative, detail-oriented, and proactive with a continuous improvement mindset.
Working knowledge of CAISO systems and tools such as OMS, Master File, CMRI, OASIS, CIRA, SIBR, and CIDI.
Experience with modeling tools such as Plexos.
Experience working with third-party Scheduling Coordinators and supporting CAISO data requests and filings is a plus.
Duties and Responsibilities
Portfolio Operations and Optimization: Develop and apply analytical models and optimization frameworks to review resource availability, outages, bidding outcomes, and market performance. Identify portfolio risks and opportunities and provide independent recommendations to leadership to improve portfolio performance and value with a focus on storage resources. Work in partnership with CPA’s third-party scheduling coordinator and optimization vendor to perform asset and portfolio management activities.
Performance Reporting and Analytics: Develop, implement, and enhance after-the-fact analysis and performance reporting of CPA’s resources and portfolio to inform Power Supply and executives decision-making around portfolio economics, risk exposure, and market performance outcomes. Coordinate with Data and Systems team to ensure critical performance and operations data is properly maintained in CPA’s data warehouse.
Resource Onboarding: Responsible for ensuring resources meet operational, systems, and contractual requirements and are effectively integrated into CPA’s portfolio. Provide subject matter expertise to internal and external stakeholders to support the onboarding of clean energy resources through CAISO’s New Resource Implementation (NRI) process. This includes coordination between the supplier, CAISO, CPA’s scheduling coordinator, and internal teams.
Energy Policy and Market Changes: Serve as a technical advisor and liaison with CAISO and other wholesale energy market organizations including CalCCA and WPTF. Monitor, interpret, and assess CAISO’s policy changes, Business Practice Manual (BPM) updates, and market redesign initiatives, particularly as they relate to CPA’s portfolio. Analyze the operational, financial, and portfolio impacts of current and future market changes, provide Power Supply and Regulatory teams with feedback and recommendations, advocate for market improvements, and develop implementation strategies to ensure CPA’s processes, related applications, and bidding strategy remains aligned with evolving market requirements.
Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Strategy and Risk Management: Lead CPA’s CRR program, including development and maintenance of CRR models, evaluation of monthly and annual CRR strategies to optimize benefits to CPA’s customers, and analysis of CRR performance and congestion risk exposure. Support CRR submissions, assess auction outcomes, and provide recommendations to optimize portfolio value while aligning with CPA’s risk management policy. Partner with internal stakeholders to evaluate congestion risk and hedge effectiveness.
Management Support: Prepare clear, decision-focused analyses, reports, and presentations for management and Board-level communications. Act as a trusted advisor by providing independent judgment and subject matter expertise on CAISO markets, optimization strategies, CRR risk management, and market design issues.
Continuous Improvement: Create, enhance, document, and manage continuous improvement initiatives across resource operations and optimization, CRR management, and reporting and analytics. Responsible for identifying inefficiencies, proposing solutions to senior leadership, and leading the implementation of new tools, automation, and reporting frameworks that enable the team to scale and improve market operations.
Other duties as assigned
Successful Candidates Must Demonstrate the Following Abilities:
Demonstrate good judgment and integrity
High attention to detail with strong organizational skills
Communicate effectively, orally, and in writing; and the ability to translate complex technical information into non-technical language
Have a strong work ethic and be comfortable taking initiative/working in a fast paced, start-up environment
Work well on diverse teams and be highly collaborative
Must be able to work at a desk and on a computer for prolonged periods
Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in energy trading, compliance, market operations, or planning.
Deep understanding of California ISO (CAISO) and bilateral wholesale electricity markets, including energy, resource adequacy, renewables, demand response, and carbon-free products.
CCA experience is a plus.
Experience with modeling and valuation of electricity products and physical resource assets.
Experience with Battery Energy Storage operations in CAISO.
Work Location
This position is eligible for either Hybrid or Remote options. The Hybrid option requires 2-3 assigned full-time days in the Downtown Los Angeles office and includes a transportation allowance. The Remote & Hybrid options require full-time in-person attendance at organization or team-wide events 3 times per year for 3-5 days per event. All staff are required to work during CPA’s office hours Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:30pm PST.
Salary and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $138,009.70-$207,013.52, with exact compensation to be determined by Clean Power Alliance, dependent on experience. Benefits include health care, a 401(k)-like match program, paid vacation, and sick leave. This is not a civil service position; however, all CPA employees are required to submit a Statement of Economic Interests form, also known as the Form 700.
How to Apply
Candidates should apply on CPA’s Career Page. The start date for the position is as soon as possible and will remain open until filled.
