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Environment America is a nation-wide network of state-based environmental advocacy organizations, from Environment California to Environment Massachusetts. This year we are hiring graduating college seniors to determine where this country is going: to solve our energy problems; fight global warming; preserve our open spaces; clean up our air and water; and make an impact on numerous other environmental issues. Environment America is currently hiring. If you’re ready to speak up and take action to protect our air, water and open space, we may have a position for you.

The California Sustainability Alliance (the Alliance) is funded by
California utility customers under the auspices of the California Public
Utilities Commission. The Alliance supports aggressive environmental
objectives related to energy efficiency, climate action, smart growth,
renewable energy, water use, waste stream management, and transportation
within the State of California.

The Alliance is pleased to announce an internship program for current
university students. As interns, students will participate in the
development of written and/or graphic content for the program website.
The website will serve as an educational resource for policy makers and
other professionals working towards sustainability in California. The
website is available in its current form at www.sustainca.org.

Undergraduate interns will be compensated at a rate of $20 per hour;
graduate interns will be compensated at a rate of $25 per hour.

For more information, please contact Claire Gagne, Navigant Consulting,
Inc., at Claire.gagne@navigantconsulting.com or (415)-356-7117.

Summer 2008 Internships at the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) of the California Public Utilities Commission for UC Berkeley Interns and Graduate Student Researchers

Internships available in the water and energy branches of the Division of Ratepayer Advocates

California Public Utilities Commission http://www.cpuc.ca.gov

Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) http://www.dra.ca.gov/index.htm

DRA is an independent division within the California Public Utilities Commission that advocates for reasonable rates on behalf of customers of
regulated electric, gas, telephone, and water utilities. DRA's director, Dana Appling, directs a staff of 125 employees composed of analysts,
engineers, economists, and accountants. DRA has a team of lawyers who represent the division in hearings at the Commission.

DRA analyzes utility requests for rate increases, new service offerings and mergers. We investigate service quality issues, large outages, accidents, and inappropriate activities by utilities. DRA participates in rulemaking and investigation proceedings initiated by the Commission to ensure ratepayers' views are considered. From time to time, DRA initiates its own complaint against utilities when it believes there is a pervasive problem with a utility's practices.

DRA has internships available in both the water and energy industry areas. Interns will employ research and analytical skills and present findings and recommendations in written reports. The projects below highlight the type of issues DRA and the CPUC are grappling with, but actual projects can be worked out with DRA Water Branch or the DRA Electricity Prices and Consumer Programs Branch and may be related to a specific example where one or more of the following issues come into play. With mutual agreement with the project sponsor, students may dedicate a percentage of their time to working on a white paper or other report that both provides university credit and is useful to DRA.

Skills desired for all internships:
. Excel spreadsheet modeling
. Experience in developing databases
. Excellent writing skills
. Ability to work independently
. Familiarity with US Census data
. Understanding of finance, accounting, engineering, economics and/or policy

To Apply for Water internships:
Send a one to two page resume or CV with the file title
. In the CV, describe in a paragraph your interest and background as it relates to one or more of the above projects.

If you would like to apply for one of these water internship positions,
please send your cv to Dan Kammen and directly to Diana Brooks:

Diana Brooks
dsb@cpuc.ca.gov