Zachary J. Womack
Energy Trader, Retail Power
Houston, TX · (713) 555 0118 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/zacharyjwomack
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Six years in wholesale power, four on the real time desk.
MARKETS
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, with hedges cleared on the Intercontinental Exchange.
SPECIALTIES
Real time and hour ahead power, congestion revenue rights, load following.
SYSTEMS
Allegro, Yes Energy, Python, Microsoft Power BI.
CREDENTIALS
Energy Risk Professional, Global Association of Risk Professionals.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, University of Houston.
Executive Summary
Energy trader with six years on a real time power desk inside the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Holds the hourly position for a retail supplier serving roughly 900 megawatts of peak load and manages congestion exposure across five load zones through three summers of scarcity pricing.
Signature Achievements
- Traded the retail book through the August heat event of 2023 and finished 1.4 million dollars ahead of the hedged plan.
- Cut imbalance cost by 38 percent in two years by rebuilding the hour ahead adjustment around forecast error.
- Built a congestion revenue rights screening model in Python that lifted auction returns to 1.6 times cost.
- Brought settlement disputes down to two a year by reconciling meter and schedule data every morning.
- Wrote the desk playbook for emergency and conservative operations conditions that the whole floor now follows.
Professional Experience
Energy Trader
Gulf Coast Retail Power, Houston, TX 2022 to present
Real time and hour ahead desk covering a retail load book of about 900 megawatts at peak.
- Hold the hourly position and adjust against forecast error, unit outages and price inside risk committee limits.
- Price and place offers across five load zones and manage basis between generation nodes and the settlement point.
- Bid the monthly congestion revenue rights auctions from a model that ranks paths on forecast congestion.
Power Scheduler
Brazos Bend Energy Marketing, Houston, TX 2020 to 2022
Scheduling and settlement for a merchant portfolio of gas fired peaking units.
- Submitted day ahead offers and availability for four peaking plants and confirmed awards before the operating day.
- Checked settlement statements and recovered about 210,000 dollars of understated payments in one year.
- Covered the overnight desk on rotation and escalated unit trips to the trader on call.
Licensure and Certification
Energy Risk Professional certification awarded by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
Qualified scheduling entity training, Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
Education
Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, University of Houston, 2019.
Core Skills
Real time power trading · Hour ahead adjustment · Congestion revenue rights · Position and limit discipline · Load forecast review · Settlement reconciliation · Allegro · Yes Energy · Python · Microsoft Power BI