Wholesale Originator

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The CAISO Wholesale Originator position within the NRG Business team will be responsible for originating, structuring, and negotiating electric commodity transactions with a focus on the CAISO/WECC wholesale power market. This individual will work closely with the NRG West Trading Desk and the NRG Business Sales Teams to help facilitate deal flow and manage internal and external issues related to pricing and closing transactions. This individual will be expected to act as a subject matter expert, well-versed in CAISO/WECC market fundamentals and capable of explaining key market dynamics to a variety of audiences. This individual will build and establish relationships with customers (i.e. utilities, banks, trading counterparties, asset developers, power generators, CCA’s) with the intent to grow customer flow business as well as execute structured transactions. The ideal candidate should have a strong working knowledge of the CAISO/WECC physical power market to structure transactions and generate value for NRG. This role will require a highly motivated and transactional individual as performance will be measured on executed transactions.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Originate, structure and negotiate power transactions in CAISO/WECC that support Commercial Operations and the C&I Sales Team.
• Work with internal groups (including Sales, Legal, Risk, Costing, Structuring, Trading, and others) to manage all issues surrounding retail deals and help facilitate and close transactions.
• Understand and be willing to explain market fundamentals and dynamics to audiences with varying levels of energy related knowledge
• Lead sponsor in “selling” the strategic rationale and …