It’s summer: The interns are here!
It’s summer, and you know what that means… The interns are here! Across Avangrid — from Connecticut to Colorado, Maine to Texas — we’ve welcomed dozens of interns in multiple areas of our business. They are gaining hands-on, real world experience in everything energy — from power generation to line work to financial modeling and AI prompting skills.
Early career interns touring United Illuminating in Connecticut.
Learning while helping advance our business
This summer, Avangrid’s early career interns have been working on high-impact projects that supported data analytics, process improvement, regulatory compliance, engineering, grid reliability, financial analysis, customer service, and AI-enabled innovation.
Their work helped improve reporting accuracy, strengthen documentation, reduce manual processes, support compliance readiness, and provide teams with clearer tools for decision-making.
Throughout the program, interns are developing technical skills, such as data analysis, financial modeling, regulatory research, Copilot prompting, and more. They also strengthened professional skills including communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and stakeholder engagement.
Their contributions reflect the important role early career talent plays in helping Avangrid solve business challenges, improve operations, and build capabilities for the future.
Supporting the skilled trades
Notably, supporting the skilled trades is a vital and growing part of our early career programs. For example, 14 interns have joined us as technicians at our Avangrid Power energy projects around the country, gaining field experience, safety training, and mentorship from our experienced technicians as they explore careers in energy operations. Unlike many internships that require college enrollment, Avangrid’s program is open to individuals of all experience levels, provided they hold a high school diploma.
Avangrid Power interns are working at 11 different locations around the country.
“We are proud to offer this critical development program for individuals interested in pursuing a job in the field,” said Sy Oytan, President & CEO of Avangrid Power. “Through meaningful, real-world experience, interns gain valuable insight into the technician role so they can feel confident in pursuing this challenging but rewarding career.”
At the end of the program, interns may be offered an extension or land a full-time job. For instance, two interns from last year are still working with us today.
Similarly, at our Connecticut companies United Illuminating and Southern Connecticut Gas, we’ve welcomed 10 new participants in the 10-week Trade Internship Program (pictured at top). Berkshire Gas in Massachusetts is also participating this year with two trade interns. The program provides high school and community college students with real-world exposure to union careers in the electric and natural gas industries, where skilled workers are in high demand.
Berkshire Gas in Massachusetts launched its trade internship program this year with two participants.
The internship program is the product of ongoing collaboration between UI, SCG, Avangrid’s People & Organization team, and the unions representing front-line employees, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (UWUA) Local 470-1, and United Steel Workers Locals 12000 and 12000-1.
Since Avangrid launched the UI internship program in 2023, the program has continued to grow in both size and reach, including the addition of the SCG program in 2025. This year’s cohort includes students from Connecticut State Community College Housatonic and Bullard-Havens Technical High School in Bridgeport, Eli Whitney Technical High School in Hamden, Emmett O’Brien Technical High School in Ansonia and Platt Technical High School in Milford.
Also, at our Maine utility Central Maine Power, we’ve welcomed the 2026 class of the Union Trade Internship Program.
Launched in 2025, the program grew this year to include nine students from additional schools in central and southern Maine. Students aged 16 and older are selected through a competitive recruitment and interview process through a partnership between schools and CMP.
Central Maine Power interns.
“Our Union Trade Internship program is growing in size, scope, and opportunity in 2026 as we build on our momentum with this next class of students this summer,” said Linda Ball, President and CEO of CMP. “By partnering with more schools and reaching more students, we’re offering hands‑on experience that’s essential to safely operating and maintaining Maine’s energy grid. This program strengthens our connection with Maine schools while creating a strong, local pipeline for union skilled‑trades careers. Investing in the next generation helps ensure a well‑trained workforce that can deliver safe, reliable power to the communities we serve. It’s a win for students, schools and our customers across Maine.”
Running from June through August, the internship includes classroom instruction at CMP’s Training Center in Farmingdale, as well as supervised field experience alongside veteran CMP crews. Students in the line and substation programs will gain foundational skills such as pole climbing, bucket‑truck operation, breaker and power transformer maintenance and safe use of essential tools and protective equipment while strictly avoiding any work involving live electrical wires.
“Participating in CMP’s Inaugural Union Trade Internship program in 2025 was an incredible opportunity for our students,” said Michaela LaPorte, Workforce Development at Somerset Career and Technical Center. “They gained hands-on experience, built valuable technical and safety skills, and entered their senior year with a stronger understanding of future career options. This program offered a rare and unique chance for Maine students to experience a skill trade firsthand before making decisions about their future. We are so excited to continue our partnership with CMP in 2026 as the program expands to reach even more students.”
“Our goal is the long game,” said Olga Kaminskiy, Director of Talent Acquisition within Avangrid’s People and Organization team. “We’re not just exposing students to what a career in utilities looks like—we’re staying in touch, mentoring them, and actively trying to bring them back once they’ve graduated and earned their credentials.”
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