The Transmission Design Analyst plays a key role in shaping and analyzing transmission market design within SPP. The role is responsible for evaluating current transmission market structures, analyzing proposed changes, and supporting SPP Working Groups through facilitation and in-depth market analysis. This position collaborates with Operations, Legal, Regulatory, Settlements, Training, Engineering, Planning, and Markets teams to ensure alignment across policies, products, processes, and software.
The role also engages with market participants, transmission owners, vendors, FERC, and other RTOs/ISOs to influence transmission market policy and design. Responsibilities include facilitating discussions and presenting market design changes to stakeholder committees and groups.
Core Responsibilities
- Review and analyze current transmission market design, identifying market weaknesses and evaluating impacts of proposed modifications
- Design complex solutions to new or changing transmission products, including settlement calculations and functional documentation
- Provide support and technical expertise to Working Groups and committees, such as the Transmission Working Group and Market Working Group
- Collaborate internally across departments to maintain alignment with transmission market design principles
- Conduct transmission market analysis to identify and resolve issues
- Develop and maintain transmission market metrics, create reports, and prepare educational materials
- Research transmission market designs across other RTOs/ISOs
- Facilitate discussions, document studies, and present findings
- Support FERC filings through data preparation and assistance with transmittal materials
Additional Lead-Level Responsibilities
- Maintain transmission product and settlement simulation platforms
- Recommend transmission market design changes and support initiatives through the SPP stakeholder process
- Train and mentor Transmission Design Analysts
Required Qualifications
Senior Transmission Design Analyst
- Bachelor's degree in economics, mathematics, business, or related field
- Five (5) years of job-related experience
Senior Transmission Design Analyst II
- Bachelor's degree in economics, mathematics, business, or related field
- Eight (8) years of job-related experience, including RTO transmission market support, design, or implementation
Lead Transmission Design Analyst
- Bachelor's degree in economics, mathematics, business, or related field
- Ten (10) years of job-related experience, including RTO transmission market support, design, or implementation
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in economics, math, business, or related field
- Experience in utility industry, utility operations, RTO/ISO operations, or energy trading
- Experience with RTO/ISO market formulations and optimization techniques
- Experience with prototyping market formulation changes or software used to study formulation changes
- Experience in team leadership
- Experience with data manipulation and analysis of large datasets
Other Requirements
- Knowledge of electric market concepts
- Proficiency in technical and analytical studies
- Ability to support cross-team initiatives and complex projects
- Strong facilitation, presentation, and public speaking skills
- Strong interpersonal and team-building skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Competence using Microsoft Office and data-handling tools
- Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to analyze complex issues and communicate findings
- Ability to provide mentoring and training to staff
Southwest Power Pool Inc.
415 N McKinley
Little Rock
Arkansas United States
www.spp.org
