Intern, Interconnection & Transmission - Summer 2024 in Colorado

This is a summer 2024 internship in the Interconnection & Transmission team to support the continuing expansion of the company’s portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage development projects. Our intern will leverage their engineering, research, and organizational skills to identify issues and promote better approaches to common challenges facing utility-scale renewable projects. Amongst the challenges the Interconnection & Transmission team faces are:

1. Regulatory changes to the New Generation Interconnection Study process
2. Grid operators’ changing requirements for new generation resources
3. Commercial options and regulatory hurdles for obtaining transmission capacity
4. Defining and navigating the requirements of Independent System Operators (ISO’s), Transmission Owners (TO’s) and public sector utilities.

Key duties in your role will include the following:

• Analyze the interconnection queues...