Nicholas Ratcliff

Xcel Energy

Littleton, Colorado, United States

About

Skilled in marketing and dispatch of generating facilities all across the Eastern interconnect Certified NERC System Operator Cooperate between forward and real-time operations Efficiently account for hourly transactions Knowledgeable of moving power in physical markets (SPP,MAIN,MAPP,SERC) Experience with trading power in and between financial markets (PJM, NEPOOL, NYISO, MISO) Develop and uphold professional business relations with industry counterparts

Experience

  • Xcel Energy (23 yrs 8 mos)
    • Assistant Manager
      Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • Trading Analyst
      Sep 2018 - Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Senior Power System Trader
      Jun 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Hourly Trader at NRG Energy
    Aug 1999 - Nov 2002 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Balance generation for the NY assets by trading bilateral contract • Optimize asset value by trading power into surrounding pools (PJM, NEPOOL) • Knowledgeable of market rules for all pools in the North East • Develop strategies to maximize asset value in the North East Pools • Supply real-time information to IT Personnel in support of the NYISO bidding software development