Description du poste
The position is located in Policy and Pricing (PTMP) organization within the Market Analysis, Pricing and Policy (PTM) organization of Bulk Marketing (PT), Power Services (PS), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The purpose of this position is to perform duties in support of the short-term, mid-term, and long term modeling of the Western Interconnection and associated price forecasts.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
About the Position - Portland This position is located in Portland, OR which boasts huge spans of amazing trees, foliage, landscape, and everywhere you look you can appreciate beautiful greenery! It is known as the most bike-friendly city in America, has a train system that greets you at the airport spanning across the city, and is home to the Portland International Rose Garden, the oldest in the country! Portland is the one place where you will find lively festivals, energetic music, mouthwatering food, and for you basketball fans, the Portland Trail Blazers are a 7 minute walk from the HQs building! There is always something new to experience in this eco-friendly town! As a Industry Economist (Data Scientist), you will: Work closely with the lead Aurora modeler and is responsible for joint operation and maintenance of Aurora (a third-party production cost model used by Bonneville), and independent development, operation, and maintenance of associated fundamental risk models, and generating projections of resource builds across the entire Western Interconnection in order to produce official price forecasts under a wide range of potential future technological, economic, policy, and environmental conditions. Use existing models to perform analysis of the Western Interconnection and produce distributions of prices and other key outputs to facilitate interpretation of new and existing policies. Perform both complex and routine simulations of the Western Interconnection under a wide variety of potential conditions and policy formulations. Extends existing models to encompass new features and logic (such as employing risk-informed, mixed integer programming-based commitments in the simulation to improve fidelity with current and expected market practices, or improving modeled behavior of energy storage systems) and integrates new models as necessary. Manage relationship with software providers for commercial software applications and ensures integration with BPA systems. Clearly and concisely summarize and present results to senior executives (i.e. Power Management Committee, Risk Committee), customers and stakeholder organizations, internal technical experts, and other state and regional power planners (i.e. Northwest Power and Conservation Council staff, and state utility commission staff). Solicit and incorporate feedback from consumers of the studies to refine results, analysis, approach and overall conclusions.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES :
BASIC REQUIREMENT: A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. - OR - B. Have a combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Examples of qualifying experience include:1. Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation;2. Supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or3. Teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: GS-11: A qualified candidate's online application and resum