Energy Market Design and Regulatory Strategy Lead

Intersect is a company focused on innovative energy solutions and infrastructure development, recently acquired by Google. The Energy Market Design and Regulatory Strategy Lead will spearhead technical regulatory development efforts in ERCOT, influencing market rules and ensuring project alignment with evolving market structures.

Responsibilities:

• Shape ERCOT Market Strategy & Protocol Development
• Engage directly with ERCOT, PUCT, and Texas market stakeholders to interpret nodal protocols and influence rule making processes
• Participate in and lead working group engagement to defend existing rules or advance protocol revisions aligned with Intersect’s co-location model
• Analyze and respond to implementation of SB6, large load reforms, and ERCOT batch processes to protect and optimize project economics
• Advocate for market reforms that support co-located generation and large flexible loads, including load shed frameworks and PUN alignment
• Integrate Regulatory Strategy with Technical Design
• Partner with Development, Engineering, Commercial, and Power Marketing teams to ensure project designs align with evolving market rules
• Evaluate micro-grid concepts and pathways for integration or migration into the ERCOT grid
• Advance nodal protocol revisions related to metering structures, including complex BESS configurations operating behind multiple POIs
• Ensure regulatory, operational, and commercial considerations are fully harmonized across project lifecycles
• Advance Controllable Load & Co-Location Policy
• Lead strategy around Controllable Load Resource constructs and protocol changes affecting large flexible loads
• Collaborate with TSPs, TDSPs, and counterparties to structure sleeve agreements that align behind-the-meter commercial arrangements with operational and regulatory requirements
• Develop clear positions on regulatory ambiguities and drive consensus-building across stakeholders
• Explore & Replicate Market Expansion Opportunities
• Assess SPP market structures and regulatory frameworks to evaluate replication of Intersect’s co-location model
• Translate lessons learned in ERCOT into scalable regulatory playbooks for new markets
• Build relationships with regional stakeholders to position Intersect as a credible and constructive market participant

Requirements:

• Deep experience engaging with ERCOT market rules, nodal protocols, and various regulatory processes
• Experience working with large flexible loads, generation interconnection, datacenter interconnection, or co-located asset structures
• Strong technical fluency in power market design, resource adequacy, transmission planning, and market operations
• Familiarity with SB6 implementation, large load reform, batch processes, and evolving Controllable Load Resource constructs
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, development, commercial, and power marketing teams
• Understanding of TSP/TDSP structures, sleeve agreements, and behind-the-meter commercial frameworks
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• A curious, solutions-oriented mindset with the persistence to push complex reforms forward
• Strong communication skills that enable you to translate highly technical regulatory concepts into actionable business strategy
• Creativity and resilience — someone who doesn't take 'no' at face value and can build alignment across diverse stakeholders
• Experience in SPP market rules and stakeholder processes