Student Internship - Power Market Simulation Intern

About the role

ISO New England is the independent system operator responsible for ensuring the safe and reliable flow of electricity in our region and planning for the future of the electric grid. We are at the forefront of New England’s ongoing transition to clean energy. Power Your Future: Help Shape the Electricity Markets Behind New England’s Clean Energy Transition. Are you a graduate student who loves coding, data, simulation, and solving real-world problems? Join ISO New England as a Power Market Simulation Intern and use your analytical skills to support the systems that help keep electricity reliable for millions of people across New England. In this hands-on internship, you’ll work with economists, engineers, data scientists, and market experts to turn complex market data into meaningful insights, prototype tools, and help shape the future of wholesale electricity markets. Who We Are: ISO New England is one of the most pivotal energy organizations you may not know yet. We operate the region’s power grid 24/7, administer New England’s wholesale electricity markets, and help plan for a reliable, cleaner energy future. Our work supports the electricity needs of millions of people across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—helping homes, campuses, hospitals, businesses, and communities stay powered every day. About The Market Development Team: The Market Development department designs and enhances the rules that support open, competitive, transparent, and economically efficient markets for energy, capacity, and ancillary services in New England. The team evaluates proposed market changes, analyzes market performance, and develops data-driven improvements to support reliable and efficient electricity markets. This work blends technical analysis, data engineering, simulation, economics, and market design—making it an ideal environment for students who want to apply quantitative skills to meaningful energy challenges.

Responsibilities

• Developing prototypes, pilot tools, or proof-of-concept solutions to improve analysis workflows.
• Creating dashboard concepts, exploratory visualizations, and analytical outputs for simulation and market results.
• Supporting coding, data preparation, and analysis for market design or simulation studies.
• Transforming complex datasets into usable insights for internal decision-making.
• Contributing to tools and workflows that may later be further developed in collaboration with IT or other business areas.
• You’ll gain hands-on experience with real analytical and development challenges in the electricity market space, including exposure to simulation, dispatch logic, market analytics, data workflows, and internal tool development.
• This is a coding-intensive internship focused on practical problem-solving, quantitative analytics, and tool development.