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The Real Time Trader monitors and directs Vistra generation resources to meet real-time market requirements efficiently and economically. The role executes market strategy, optimizes dispatch and energy offers, coordinates with day-ahead traders, gas and transmission teams, and plant personnel, and manages generation, storage, ancillary-service, outage, and reliability needs. It requires three years of relevant experience and a high school diploma or equivalent; commercial experience is preferred, and NERC certification is a plus.
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Irving, Texas
Full time
40016754
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Job Summary
Monitors and directs the operation of Vistra’s generation resources as efficiently and economically as possible in accordance with guidelines to meet real time market requirements.
Job Description
Executes real time strategy of MISO/CAISO position; Monitors and directs the operation of Vistra’s generation resources in real time to ensure most economic optimized dispatch in compliance with ISO Market Rules, NERC Standards and Vistra Policies
Key Accountabilities:
Coordinates and executes RT strategy with DA Traders
Creates, submits and adjusts hourly Energy Offer Curves to optimize portfolio
Monitors real time position and coordinates DA Traders to material changes based on unit status and ratings
Continuously monitors generation requirements and generation output levels ensuring real-time obligations are met
Monitors gas burn, coordinates gas needs with Gas Desk and executes changes to real time offers to optimize
Analyze and execute optimal energy storage and battery strategy
•Ensures fleet runs at most cost-effective level via GCS
•Communicate with Transmission Operator on requests related to the reliability of the bulk transmission system
- Coordinate with transmission team congestion/constraints that may require change in real time strategy or unit dispatch
•Interfaces with plant personnel to specify unit start and stop times, real-time unit deployments, and current status of units
•Ensures ancillary service obligations and deployments are met
Coordinates testing and maintenance with Operations; submit accurate outage tickets to ISO and communicate timely unit status to ISOs
•Maintains accurate and timely daily log
•Anticipates critical operating conditions and takes steps to avoid unfavorable outcomes
•Recognizes changing market conditions and initiates appropriate action
Education, Experience & Skill Requirements
•3 years experience in powerplant operations, dispatch, trading or commodity risk management
Commercial experience preferred
NERC Certification a plus
•High school diploma or equivalent
•Experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications is applicable to above skills
Key Metrics
•Specific Market Portal experience
•Proficient in Microsoft excel
•12-hour shift schedule which includes days, nights, weekends and holidays
•MISO/CAISO market experience
•Experience in solar and battery storage
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Job Family
Trading
Company
Luminant Energy Company LLC
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. If this describes you, then apply today!
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It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] to make a request.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .
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It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] to make a request.
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