Expanding Wholesale Markets MISO/SPP Internship - Summer 2025

About Advanced Energy United

Advanced Energy United educates, engages, and advocates for policies that allow our member companies to compete to repower our economy with 100% clean energy. We work with decision makers at every level of government as well as regulators of energy markets to achieve this goal. The businesses we represent are lowering consumer costs, creating thousands of new jobs every year, and providing the full range of clean, efficient, and reliable energy and transportation solutions. The U.S. market for advanced energy products and services reached nearly $375 billion in 2022. Together, we are united in our mission to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy in the United States.

If you’re an entrepreneurial, innovative, analytical and thoughtful person looking to make an impact in the clean energy space, United might be the perfect place for you to share your talents. Team members at United are given the trust and responsibility to make big things happen, and myriad opportunities to learn new skills, explore new issue areas, and work with a broad cross section of the clean energy community. Being a team member at United also means working with a talented and diverse group of people, some who bring decades of experience spanning advocacy, philanthropy, clean tech, government and more—and our collaborative approach means we get to learn from each other, expert and novice, every day. And while our organization is fully remote, we are proud of the people-focused culture we have built and the connectedness of our team.  

We work on serious issues, take our mission seriously, but never take ourselves too seriously.

Job Description 

Advanced Energy United seeks a proactive and detail-oriented Policy and Advocacy Intern to join our Expanding Wholesale Markets team for the Summer 2025 program. The ideal candidate would be a junior/senior college student or graduate student with an engineering, legal, or economics background. This role will help support United’s mission of achieving 100% clean energy and work to shape a clean energy future through engagement in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) stakeholder processes. Potential topics include transmission, interconnection, distributed energy resources and other wholesale market reforms, culminating in a final project. 

The role may include attending relevant stakeholder meetings (virtually) to track market developments and processes. It will focus on changing the rules governing how existing wholesale electricity markets operate to expand opportunities in support of the growth of clean energy resources and the retirement of aging incumbent technologies. The intern may be responsible for research and reporting as well as preparation of advocacy materials (comments, presentations, letters, fact sheets, etc.). The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter with interest and experience in policy and politics, wholesale energy markets, clean energy, and climate. Candidates should be creative and flexible, able to explain complex topics clearly, and have the ability to prioritize and move between projects as needed to support United’s work in a wide variety of areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and summarize relevant MISO and SPP stakeholder meetings.
• Draft, review, and edit advocacy materials like letters, and presentations.
• Conduct technical research and/or literature reviews to analyze, summarize and write reports or internal memos on key issues raised at stakeholder meetings.
• Monitor news and developments in the Midwest that affect transmission, interconnection, and wholesale electricity markets.

The intern must be located in the DC, MD, VA area for the summer, a commutable distance to our DC office.  A final project will be due from each intern and presented to the organization.

Qualifications:

• Enrolled as an upperclassman in a college or in a master’s level graduate program studying economics, energy law or regulation, or engineering.
• Collaborative worker with excellent research, writing, and communications skills. 
• Interest or experience in policy analysis, policy advocacy, and/or market analysis; some experience with FERC or competitive wholesale electricity markets and stakeholder processes preferred.  
• Independent, flexible self-starter.
• Intellectual curiosity, inquisitive nature, quantitative and analytical skills, and excellent listening and problem-solving skills. 

Required Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) 
Preferred Skills: Detail-oriented; intellectually curious; interest in advanced energy and/or a public policy career 

Special Application Instructions  

To be considered for this internship, please submit a resume and cover letter expressing why this opportunity and organization interests you.    

Dates: June 16th- August 15th   
Location: DC  (Hybrid)
Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week   
Compensation: $18.00/hr 

Advanced Energy United is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application, interview process, and/ or to perform essential job functions please contact the Talent Acquisition team at careers@advancedenergyunited.org. We are committed to the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice across our organization (“DEIJ”). We also incorporate these values into our mission of making the energy we use secure, clean, and affordable. We know that varied perspectives and a commitment to social justice are needed to succeed in making the United States an advanced energy economy. We commit to building and supporting an inclusive workforce that represents different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints.