Analyst, Energy Storage Optimization & Analytics
Daylight is a decentralized energy company providing homeowners with solar panels and battery backup through a subscription model with no upfront costs. It handles installation, maintenance, monitoring, and energy management while serving residential homeowners and solar installation partners.
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About Daylight
Daylight Energy, LLC, doing business as Daylight, builds and operates a distributed residential energy network. Its services include solar panels, home battery storage, energy subscriptions, installation, maintenance, monitoring, outage protection, energy-efficiency assessments, upgrade recommendations, and a mobile app for tracking production, usage, battery status, and savings. Daylight also offers power purchase agreement services and operational support for solar installation partners, including procurement, compliance, filings, project tracking, and commission payouts. The company primarily serves U.S. homeowners in its service areas and solar installer partners.
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About the Role
Daylight is seeking an analyst to support VPP and demand response participation, energy trading, asset optimization, market analytics, revenue modeling, and risk management for distributed energy assets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
- 2+ years of experience in energy market analytics, trading, commercial operations, or asset optimization
- Expertise in power markets, risk management, and regulatory requirements
- Understanding of state-level energy programs
- Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Deep knowledge of energy storage optimization, power marketing, revenue forecasting, and market participation strategies
- Strong data analytics and modeling experience
Responsibilities
- Execute VPP and demand response program participation nationwide
- Develop strategies to meet revenue objectives and optimize asset value
- Assist the development team in building an internal VPP scheduling platform
- Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, and competitive dynamics
- Oversee scheduling, dispatch, pricing strategies, and risk management
- Manage BESS warranties, degradation targets, and market participation obligations
- Develop partnerships with optimization and scheduling platforms
- Identify and integrate data sources for forecasting, congestion analysis, and revenue modeling
- Maintain expertise in ISO and RTO market structures and energy trading strategies
- Assess the asset pipeline and develop a roadmap for revenue optimization
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity package
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Wellhub membership
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Opportunity to shape a category-defining product
