Senior Consultant – Power Markets, Community Solar Modeling

Guidehouse

Senior Consultant specializing in power market analysis and community solar strategy. Supporting utilities and corporate energy buyers within Guidehouse's Power Markets and Modeling Team.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $89,000 - $148,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Guidehouse's Power Markets and Modeling Team supports utilities, developers, investors, policymakers, and corporate energy buyers in navigating the evolving energy landscape.
Conduct wholesale power market analysis using production cost, economic dispatch, and capacity expansion models such as Power Systems Optimizer (PSO) or similar tools.
Develop long-term forecasts of energy, capacity, ancillary service, and renewable energy credit markets across North American ISO/RTO regions.
Develop long-term forecasts of retail supply, community solar credits, and state-level SRECs across multiple state programs.
Evaluate the impacts of community solar, distributed generation, energy storage, electrification, and demand-side resources on wholesale market outcomes and utility planning.
Analyze resource additions and retirements, transmission constraints, congestion patterns, and reliability considerations across regional power systems.
Support community solar market assessments, including program design, subscriber economics, policy analysis, market sizing, and financial valuation.
Quantify the value streams available to distributed and utility-scale resources across retail and wholesale markets.
Perform integrated analyses that connect distribution-level resource adoption with bulk power system planning and market operations.
Support transmission planning, interconnection, and grid integration studies related to renewable energy and distributed resource deployment.
Develop analytical tools, databases, and visualization products to improve modeling efficiency and communicate complex findings.
Translate client challenges into actionable scopes of work and analytical frameworks.
Prepare reports, presentations, and client-ready deliverables that communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Support project management activities, including work planning, quality assurance, budget tracking, and client communications.
Contribute to business development efforts, proposal development, and thought leadership initiatives.
Mentor junior consultants and support their technical and professional development.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident due to the nature of client engagements.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy Finance, Public Policy, Business, or a related discipline and 3+ years of relevant professional experience; or Master's degree and 1+ years of relevant professional experience.
Professional experience conducting wholesale power market analysis using economic dispatch, production cost, or capacity expansion models such as PSO or similar tools.
Demonstrated experience analyzing ISO/RTO markets, including energy, capacity, and ancillary services markets.
Experience with community solar, distributed generation, DER strategy, renewable energy development, utility planning, or clean energy policy.
Understanding of the relationship between distributed energy resources and bulk power system operations, planning, and market outcomes.
Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
Experience with data analytics, data management, and visualization.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while working independently and collaboratively.
Ability to travel as required.
Ability to work in a Guidehouse office or client office location.
Currently reside in the contiguous United States.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools

wholesale power market analysisproduction cost modelseconomic dispatch modelscapacity expansion modelslong-term forecastingdata analyticsdata managementvisualizationquantitative analysisproblem-solving

Soft Skills

analytical skillscommunication skillsproject managementmentoringcollaborationindependent workprioritizationclient communicationreport preparationpresentation skills