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Charlotte, NC

MBA Internship Summer 2026

Internship
Energy & Climate
Operations
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Duke Energy

Electric & natural gas utility provider
72.3
Palpable Score
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The Duke Energy MBA Interns will be working on special projects throughout the summer and interfacing with various teams both internal and external to Duke Energy. This role is a temporary internship assignment during the Summer of 2026.  The primary job responsibility will be to assist with the projects and teams related to their assigned business unit.  Internship opportunities will provide meaningful contributions in support of Duke’s clean energy transition strategy, actual project work leading to decision-oriented results, and broad exposure to groups and initiatives within Duke Energy.

You MUST apply to the job posting on the Duke Energy careers page to be considered. A current transcript and resume must be submitted with your application.

Overview of Duke Energy Hiring Organizations

Potential opportunities for Summer 2026 include the following (these may be updated based upon emerging needs in the business):

Regulated Renewables Development: Want to be a renewables developer and work towards bring new utility scale generation projects to the grid? Join the development team responsible for originating, developing, acquiring, and executing utility-scale solar, solar paired with storage and wind projects within Duke Energy’s six regulated service territories. MBA interns will assist in all aspects of project development, including land acquisition, interconnection requests, environmental and technical diligence, permitting, project acquisition due diligence, financial modeling, funding and transaction approvals and project execution.

Energy Storage Development Team: be a part of exciting efforts as the organization plans efforts to develop and sponsor lithium battery energy storage projects.

Finance: MBA interns could be placed in various roles within the Finance organization, including financial planning & analysis budgeting/forecasting, and working closely on financial related matters with other teams within Duke Energy.

Natural Gas: Internship supporting the expanded natural gas development activities within the company, curated to the individuals interests and team needs.

Basic/Required Qualifications

Desired Qualifications

Specific Requirements:

Sponsorship is not provided for this position.

Travel Requirements

5-15%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

No

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

About the company

Duke Energy

Company overview
Duke Energy is a large U.S. electric power holding company with regulated utilities and natural gas distribution. The company’s electric utilities serve customers across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, and the company also operates natural gas utilities serving parts of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. Duke Energy owns a large generation fleet and grid infrastructure, with ongoing investment across reliability, clean energy, and system modernization. Duke Energy also operates corporate functions in areas like IT, cybersecurity, finance, supply chain, and engineering.

Locations and presence

Duke Energy is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with major operations across the Carolinas, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Work setup depends heavily on role, but corporate roles are often described by employees as hybrid (commonly 3 days in-office, 2 days remote), while field and plant roles are largely on-site.

Palpable Score

72.3
/ 100
Duke Energy is relatively accessible for early-career candidates because the company runs sizeable paid internship and co-op hiring across many functions and has evidence of intern-to-career pathways. Duke Energy also looks reasonably structured in selection due to common use of panels, screening calls, and pre-employment checks, but the company publishes limited end-to-end candidate guidance and inconsistent pay-range transparency. The biggest cap on the score is missing outcomes reporting such as intern conversion rates, early-tenure retention, and time-to-promotion.
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