Supervisor - Economic Analysis & Long-Term Studies

Essential Job Duties and Tasks

• Responsible for hiring, coaching, training, and performance management of staff.
• Review and approve staff timesheets and leave requests.
• Assign, schedule, and review work of department staff.
• On-the-job training and mentoring employees.
• Supervises and performs the following department functions: Developing and maintaining production cost models for the ERCOT System. Conducting comprehensive economic transmission planning analysis of the ERCOT System and evaluating the benefits of proposed transmission system upgrades. Conducting long-term planning studies to ensure recommended transmission system upgrades are robust considering uncertainties and potential extreme weather scenarios. Integrating economic and reliability transmission planning processes. Developing new or revised transmission planning techniques and processes to meet system and market needs. Sponsoring revisions to ERCOT Protocols, Guides, or procedures, as necessary, to implement changes to transmission planning criteria or practices. Tracking real-time congestion and benchmarking operational constraints to those observed in planning studies.
• Developing and maintaining production cost models for the ERCOT System.
• Conducting comprehensive economic transmission planning analysis of the ERCOT System and evaluating the benefits of proposed transmission system upgrades.
• Conducting long-term planning studies to ensure recommended transmission system upgrades are robust considering uncertainties and potential extreme weather scenarios.
• Integrating economic and reliability transmission planning processes.
• Developing new or revised transmission planning techniques and processes to meet system and market needs.
• Sponsoring revisions to ERCOT Protocols, Guides, or procedures, as necessary, to implement changes to transmission planning criteria or practices.
• Tracking real-time congestion and benchmarking operational constraints to those observed in planning studies.
• Coordinates closely with other teams across System Planning and Operations.
• Represents ERCOT in stakeholder and industry forums, committees, and working groups.