State of NC Internship - Regulatory Utilities Intern (Legal) (In-Person)

Department: The Public Staff - North Carolina Utilities Commission 

Division: Legal

Job Duties: The Public Staff seeks a law student intern for summer 2025 who is interested in advocating for consumers in public utility matters. The intern will have the opportunity to work on a water utility rate case; an application to build a new electric generating plant; annual electric utility riders to recover the costs associated with energy efficiency, fuel, competitive procurement of renewable energy, and the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards; integrated resource planning; and a potential merger between two major utilities. The intern will work alongside supervising attorneys as part of interdisciplinary task forces along with engineers, accountants, and economists to review utility filings, conduct discovery, draft motions and proposed orders, review expert testimony, prepare expert witnesses for cross examination, and more. The Public Staff is the consumer advocate for utility customers.

Major Task to be Performed: Assisting with the drafting of motions, expert testimony, and proposed orders; reviewing utility filings; assisting with the discovery process; conducting legal research on discrete issues; and assisting with preparation for hearings before the NC Utilities Commission.

Final Product or Outcome Anticipated: The intern will develop knowledge of the utility regulatory framework and will gain experience in various aspects of investigation and litigation.  

Academic Majors Desired: Law Students (any student who has completed their first year of law school)

2025 State of North Carolina Internship Period: Monday, May 19 – Friday, July 25, 2025

Legal research and writing, strong analytical skills, and attention to detail.

• An applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident attending a college, university, law school, community college or technical institute in North Carolina or a North Carolina resident attending an equivalent institution out of state. 
• Applicants must carry a 2.5 or greater overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
• Applicant must be at least 18 years old by January 1, 2025.
• Applicants must be continuing their education in the fall following their participation in the program.
• To qualify for a law internship, applicants must have completed at least one year of law school before the beginning of the internship, unless other majors are listed.
• Students having previously held paid internships with this program are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants must be willing and able to work full-time for the entire 10-week internship. Applicants must be able to provide legal proof of identity and work authorization within three working days of employment.

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If you are having technical issues submitting your application, please call the NEOGOV Help Line at 855-524-5627.  If there are any questions about this posting, other than your application status, please contact the Council Women & Youth Involvement Office.   

CONTACT INFORMATION 

NC Department of Administration 

Council for Women & Youth Involvement 

Attn: Jean McBride, Internship Coordinator  

325 N. Salisbury Street 

Raleigh, NC  27699-1322 

Phone: (984) 236-0345