JOB DESCRIPTION: Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle’s electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.
The Customer Energy Solutions division is the oldest continuously-operating municipal energy conservation initiative in the country. Beginning in 1977, the City established the use of energy conservation as its highest-priority, most cost effective, and most environmentally-friendly energy resource. Today, CES continues that mission by working with customers and community partners to increase the energy production of buildings, equipment, and transportation and preserving and extending the benefits of our low cost, carbon neutral resources.
The Energy Data Analytics Intern will assist the division in leveraging system and customer information to better understand customer behavior, deploy demand response programs, influence distributed generation resources, and potentially many other applications.
STUDENTS AND MAJORS: This position is open to junior and senior undergraduate students (as of the start of the internship) and graduate students studying Electrical Engineering, Built Environments, Environmental Sciences, Public Policy and Governance, or a related major. Undergraduate students must possess at least a 2.0 GPA at the time of application and throughout the internship. Graduate students must possess and maintain a 3.0 GPA.
TIME FRAME: The timeframe of the internship will be June 2017 to June 2018. The candidate must be available to work 40 hours/week during the summer and up to 20 hours/week when classes are in session. Work hours will be flexible to accommodate the intern’s academic schedule.
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