Summer 2024: NY Customer Sales and Solutions / EV & DR Implementation

Find what makes you Superpowered. Become a Gridtern. 

 

As we help clear the path to a greener future, we need to ensure our people continue to power our progress.  Our Gridtern Program provides current college students the ability to gain practical experience within the energy industry. Your summer will start with us on June 3rd 2024 and will be filled with meaningful work experiences, professional development, networking, opportunities to get involved in your community and most importantly, have fun! Come join us to find what makes you superpowered! 

What You'll Do

The NY Customer Sales and Solutions team implements programs that support our customers' and our communities transition to cleaner energy. These include both Commercial and Residential customer participation in Demand Response programs such as Commercial Load Relief, Smart Thermostats and behavioral programs that shift or reduce usage. The team is also responsible for the implementation of the EV Make-Ready Incentive program as well as the Residential EV Manage Charging programs that are designed to support the growth of EV adoption.   

 

This internship opportunity will provide you with exposure to the full cycle of utility incentive programs from regulatory Orders to implementation design activities, data collection, analysis and reporting/metrics design, procurement and work with trade allies, customer engagement (opt-in/outs), including marketing (print, social, website and influencers and event management). Exposure to the technical aspects of utility operations including safety, how a utility makes money, manages the system and services in customers. Overview of load profiles, peak demand and demand management, on-site EV project inspections, analyzing trade ally quotes and cost sheets and being part of a fun, awesome and growing team at National Grid serving customers both big and small from points north and south of Buffalo expanding north along the scenic byways to Albany and beyond (including MA and UK).  

 

You will be in Albany, NY working under a hybrid structure for the Summer. You must be located within a commutable distance to the identified work location for the Summer.  

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What You'll Need

• Availability to start on program start date, June 3, 2024 
• Registered in school as a full-time student and continuing education full-time for Fall 2024 Semester  
• Pursuing an Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Environmental/Sustainability, Public Law, Consumer Behavior/Marketing, Finance, Political Science or related major
• Accumulated 18 or more credits and be 18 years of age  
• Work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States 
• Located within a commutable distance to the identified work location for the summer 
• Must have a valid U.S. Driver’s License  

About us

We keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. We’re dreamers, big-thinkers, innovators, and builders.  

 

We’re shaping the current, to change the future. We know that a clean, fair, and affordable energy future is in our hands. So, we explore with energy, with innovation and technology powering our progress, and helping us to find a better way to deliver energy to all.  

 

National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen – inspiring us, giving us time to recharge and providing a safety net on tougher days.  

 

But it’s our people that provide our true superpower. They drive and sustain our growth, their unique differences only making us stronger.  

 

So join us, and power the future of energy. Find what makes you Superpowered. 

More Information

Salary Range  

$17.00 - $23.00 an hour (Undergraduate Student) 

$24.00 - $29.00 an hour (Graduate Student) 

 

Candidates will be assessed and provided offers based on major, degree type, and class year. Our Gridtern Program does not offer relocation, housing assistance, or public transportation reimbursement for Gridterns; however, we can provide a list of resources to utilize in making your arrangements. 

 

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.