The board
- Hours
- Part time
- Where
- Minneapolis, MN, 55401
- Apply by
- End Date: October 16, 2026
- Posted
- Sep 7
Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for.
At Xcel Energy, our employees are the driving force behind our success. So we make sure that, here, you can be your best. Doing work that makes a difference for neighbors and communities. Working with a team you can count on to push you. Expanding skills, staying ready for change, and capturing opportunities to grow.
What you'd do
- Support a variety of analytical, strategic, and technical projects related to distribution system planning and utility resource planning.
- Work alongside experienced planners, engineers, and data analysts to evaluate future energy needs, assess emerging technologies, develop planning assumptions, and support regulatory filings and strategic initiatives.
- Gain hands-on experience working with utility data, forecasting methodologies, energy system planning concepts, and decarbonization strategies
- Analysis of distributed energy resources, electrification trends, natural gas innovation opportunities, load growth, infrastructure investment planning, and customer-focused solutions.
- This internship is ideal for students interested in energy systems, engineering, sustainability, economics, analytics, public policy, or utility
What they want
- Current student, Sophomore or higher
- Enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Public Policy, Energy Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, related technical or analytical field
- Able to work full-time during the summer (up to 40 hours a week)/ part time during the school year (up to 20 hours a week) and commuting to the designated work location in-person, per our hybrid work policy.
- Starts
- 2026-09-07