Transmission Planning Intern- CO

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. All with the support, rewards and recognition you need to thrive – during your internship and beyond. Join Xcel Energy’s PSCo Transmission Planning team in Denver, Colorado, and work on some of the most technically challenging and strategically significant power system issues facing the electric industry today. This internship provides a unique opportunity for Master's and Ph.D. students to apply advanced power systems knowledge in a real utility environment where planning decisions directly influence grid reliability, large-load integration, renewable energy development, grid modernization, and long-term transmission investment across Colorado and the broader Western Interconnection. As a member of the Transmission Planning team, you will work alongside experienced engineers and recognized subject matter experts performing steady-state, dynamic stability, and electromagnetic transient (EMT) studies that support both near-term operational reliability and long-term grid expansion. Interns gain hands-on experience with industry-leading software platforms including PSS®E, PSLF, TARA, DSATools, and PSCAD while developing and validating transmission models, evaluating system performance under stressed conditions, assessing contingency events, analyzing large-load interconnections, and studying the behavior of inverter-based resources and emerging grid technologies. The