Energy Analyst Intern (Economics) - Summer 2025

Please note that while we accept applications for our internship position starting in the fall, we will not begin actively contacting candidates for interviews until November 2024. Applications must be submitted by midnight EST on January 31, 2025.

Our Summer Internship Opportunity:

This internship program will provide you with the opportunity to apply the economic concepts you’re learning in the classroom in a professional services setting. It will also help you to improve your research and data analysis skills as well as learn to manage and prioritize tasks. You will work side by side with internationally recognized experts in financial economics, corporate finance, energy, competition, and regulatory economics.

Energy Analyst Intern Role

• As a Research Analyst intern at The Brattle Group, you will be integral to our project teams, collaborating with senior consultants and experts. Your responsibilities will include:

• Quantitative Models and Solutions: You'll build models and create innovative data-based solutions for clients using programming languages, such as Excel, R, Python, GAMS, Stata, and VBA (e.g. conducting data and statistical analysis, econometric analysis, building interactive dashboards, etc.).
• Qualitative Research and Literature Review: You'll conduct comprehensive energy analysis, including market analysis, literature reviews, document examination, and writing memos to provide insights and support expert reports.
• Preparing Client Deliverables: You’ll contribute to client deliverables, including presentations and memos, with figures, quantitative results, and novel findings.
• Supporting Expert Witnesses: You'll assist in preparing expert reports and presentations, helping our experts present complex economic and financial concepts clearly in legal and regulatory contexts.
• Collaborating with Team Members: Effective communication and teamwork are critical. You'll work closely with colleagues at all levels, contributing to the development of robust and innovative solutions for our clients.

Typical Assignments Might Include:

• Building novel financial, economic, statistical, and operational models using a variety of tools
• Analyzing electricity, natural gas, and other energy markets and applying this information in financial, legal, and policy settings.
• Developing, maintaining, and running power system models, including capacity expansion and security-constrained production cost models
• Providing in-depth regulatory and policy research and summarizing insights through literature review
• Communicating research and analyses to project team members and clients
• Thinking critically about analysis results and discussing findings with an internal team
• Coauthoring publications and being a part of presentation teams

You will work in a collaborative and fun atmosphere where dedication to project success and individual career and professional development are emphasized. You will have the opportunity to discover where your strengths and interests lie and how you can best apply your skills. The work environment is casual; the atmosphere is collegial; and there is significant, on-going contact between senior and junior staff.  This is a hybrid role with in-office and remote working expectations.

The Candidate

The ideal candidates will be pursuing:

• Undergraduates working towards a degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. economics, computer science, data science, and mathematics), with strong academic performance.
• Great teamwork and leadership skills. Our project work is done almost exclusively on teams, so it’s critical that our EA interns work well with others. 
• Intellectual curiosity and creativity. We are looking for candidates who consistently want to learn more and approach problems with creativity.
• A high degree of ownership and commitment. Successful EA interns are committed to delivering their best work product, taking ownership of their work, and engaging in excellent client services.

Additionally, we look for candidates who:

• Have completed or will complete a course with climate or energy focus.

To Be Considered for the Research Analyst Intern Position:

Please submit the following materials as soon as possible via the application below.

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Transcript(s) (unofficial copies accepted)

To streamline the process, please use your school-issued email address on your application.