Yousef is an Energy Scheduler I, responsible for scheduling a variety of generators such as geothermal, solar, wind, hydro, hybrid generation, standalone energy storage, biomass, biogas, and natural gas generating resources along with load into the CAISO, Western interconnection, and ERCOT. Yousef also prepares and analyzes dispatch models prior to bid and schedule submission, publishes operational reports in a timely manner, and produces end-of-day summaries for the day ahead operations center. Matt interfaces with clients, utilities, ISOs, and transmission owners/operators to ensure all schedules and bids are submitted in a timely manner and are consistent with all operating procedures.
His responsibilities include:
- Scheduling or bidding load, generation resources, imports/exports.
- Operationalizing dynamic schedules and Pseudo ties.
- Submitting Inter-Scheduling Coordinator Trades (ISTs) and checkout with counterparties.
- Creates and ensures that etags are approved by all operators and counterparties.
- Manages transmission and generation outages.
- Implements bidding strategies on behalf of clients’ approved policies.
Education:
Yousef holds a Master’s degree in Business Analytics from Texas A&M University, Commerce Texas as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management from the German Jordanian University, Amman Jordan.
Technical Skills:
Python, SQL, Tableau, Business Intelligence (BI), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint.