Company Description
Established in 1998, Customized Energy Solutions is an energy advisory, software and services company that works closely with clients to navigate the wholesale and retail electricity markets across the United States and globally. We offer software solutions, back office operational support, and advisory and consulting services focused on asset optimization and energy market participation efficiency.
We offer an industry leading range of consulting services to project developers, investors, technology companies and market participants to understand the evolving market rules, quantify the impacts and discover the value proposition of new technologies. With a presence across all north American competitive markets, the CES Emerging Technologies team has provided consulting and services to over 10 GWh of advanced energy storage resources globally. The insights garnered from CES’s managing the day-to-day operations of over 23,000MW of generating assets and 700 MW of energy storage facilities in the RTO/ISO markets set our consulting services apart from our competitors.
Join a rapidly growing company in an exciting and dynamic work environment. As one of the top 100 fastest growing companies in the Philadelphia region, Customized Energy Solutions offers an opportunity for significant professional growth. Our team of associates at CES is highly motivated, innovative, and passionate about providing excellent Services to our clients. Our main office is in Philadelphia, with satellite offices in various U.S., Canada, India, Japan and Vietnam.
Job Description
Customized Energy Solutions (CES) is a fast-growing and successful energy services and consulting company. The primary responsibilities for this position are to attend and participate in SPP stakeholder meetings and, within days of each meeting, write succinct reports, with analysis where appropriate, on important presentations, announcements, discussions, and other developments from those meetings for internal and external clients. This position may also require participation in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and related proceedings, as well as analysis and evaluation of emerging market design proposals. The responsibilities will also include participation in market analysis projects focused on Market Design and other areas of the deregulated energy markets. Qualified candidates for this position will be able to work independently and collaboratively, and will possess strong communication and analytical skills.
Position Responsibilities
Market IQ service
- Attend and participate in stakeholder meetings and, within days of each meeting, write succinct reports, with analysis where appropriate, on important presentations, announcements, discussions, and other developments from those meetings for internal and external clients.
- As appropriate, tailor reporting and analysis according to clients’ commercial interests (e.g., generation, transmission, load, trading) and according to financial, policy, legal, and technical perspectives and considerations.
- Independently identify and define issues according to clients’ commercial interests.
- Recommend appropriate courses of action according to clients’ commercial interests.
- Provide real-time reporting and analysis on developments with immediate and significant commercial impacts on clients.
- Work closely with clients and stay familiar with their interests by addressing clients’ questions in a timely manner and conducting regular (monthly, quarterly) conference calls.
Consulting and Market Design services.
- Attract, engage, and support clients through reports and analysis as well as consulting projects related to existing and emerging Market Design(s) for SPP and other regions.
Qualifications
- Minimum five (5) years energy industry experience required
- Relevant college degree required/graduate degree or advanced industry training preferred
- Wholesale energy market knowledge/experience regarding resource and transmission planning, generation interconnection, resource adequacy, and market design required
- SPP and related ISO/RTO knowledge/experience strongly preferred
- Strong writing skills required
- Experience writing under tight deadlines preferred
- Strong analytical/quantitative skills and experience required
- Strong verbal and public presentation skills preferred
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively required
- Business development orientation preferred
Additional Information
Customized Energy Solutions offers competitive salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include performance bonus and profit-sharing Medical Savings Account, comprehensive health Insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, and 401K matching and tuition reimbursement. Excellent opportunities for advancement.
Customized Energy Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
What We Do
Customized Energy Solutions is at the forefront of competitive energy markets. Established in 1998, CES was created to assist clients in managing the changes in the wholesale and retail electric markets. As the industry restructured, many participants recognized the value of creating sound market rules and staying abreast of market changes. Thus, Customized Energy Solutions was created to address the need to simplify, analyze, and influence the markets on behalf of our clients. Our clients can focus on running their businesses, while we focus on removing barriers to them doing so.
Our MISSION
Customized Energy Solutions is committed to promoting economic development through the advancement of transparent, efficient, and nondiscriminatory wholesale and retail electricity and natural gas energy markets. We focus on empowering our clients by sharing our understanding of the workings of the energy markets and related new technologies and supporting our clients’ operations in those markets. Through all things, we desire to honor God and our clients through the quality of our services and solutions.
Our VISION
To have a world-wide presence wherever deregulated electricity or natural gas markets exist. To materially accelerate the commercial application of new energy technologies and free energy market structures. To represent the highest level of energy information technology and services available to clients world-wide.
Our AWARDS
Customized Energy Solutions Ltd. has been recognized regionally and nationally for its impressive and sustained growth, including INC. 500 | 5000 and The Philadelphia Business Journal as a Top 100 Companies in Philadelphia, Hall of Fame for five or more consecutive years. It was ranked as one of the “Best Places to Work” in 2013 by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
