The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies as a "Best Place to Work" in the Federal government! Our Pathways Internship Program provides students the opportunity to acquire first-hand experience in the energy industry, while gaining exposure to the Commission's work. This Student Trainee (Energy Industry Analysis) vacancy will be used to fill multiple intern positions in OAL, OEMR and OERA.
This vacancy is for a Spring/Summer 2027 internship. While the duties of the Student Trainee (Energy Industry Analysis) may vary depending on office placement, some of your typical work assignments may include: In the Office of Administrative Litigation (OAL), Student Trainee (EIAs) assist analysts with the review, summary, and analysis of data to use in the settlement and litigation of cases before Administrative Law Judges at the Commission.
This assistance may include preparing spreadsheets to summarize cost, volume, or economic data, managing discovery responses, researching precedent, reading testimony, and attending settlement conferences and hearings.
In The Office of Energy Market Regulation (OEMR): Assisting professional staff members in performing analyses of economic and regulatory issues associated with filings for the purpose of identifying trends, problems, or deviations from pertinent regulatory requirements or Commission policies and developing recommendations to resolve issues for use by the team leader or supervisor.
In the Office of Enforcement and Regulatory Accounting (OERA), Student Trainee (EIAs) assist in the analysis of electric and gas markets, assessing market fundamentals and trends, as well as complex issues related to market structure, conduct, and performance. Trainees analyze and develop large volumes of data using Python, SQL, R, Databricks, Posit, PowerBI, and/or CoPilot, working independently to summarize anomalous market outcomes and visually present data.
A trainee more focused on data engineering may support enhancing data workflows, streamlining operational processes, and improving analytical efficiency by developing data pipelines, automation tools, ETL workflows, cloud based analytics infrastructure, and other technical components that enable OERA's analytical functions. The intern program at FERC is unique in that we post one intern vacancy for multiple offices to make selections.
This means you may be contacted by several different hiring managers for different vacancies. See Next Steps section for additional information. Our Internship Program offers students the opportunity to attend networking events, visit regulated hydropower dams, and participate in seminars with career advice and tips from FERC's top management officials. For more information, visit: https://www.ferc.gov/about/careers/student-relations.
This appointment is not to exceed 9/30/2027. May be extended if the student continues to meet program requirements. This internship position may confer non-competitive conversion eligibility, if student meets all Pathways Program requirements for conversion, however, conversion is not required or guaranteed.
This position has an education requirement and therefore, transcripts are required. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application will result in your application being marked incomplete and you will not receive further consideration.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.
Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
brenda.abu-el-hawa@ferc.gov · 202-502-8169
This position is with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $41659 – $54160/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-30.
This position is open under the 'Student' hiring path.
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