ACEP builds Alaska’s utility workforce — in a nutshell

March 22, 2021

University Relations

Patty Eagan explains how Alaska college students gain valuable experience working for an Alaska community through the ACEP Utility Student Internship.
Patty Eagan explains how Alaska college students gain valuable experience working for an Alaska community through the ACEP Utility Student Internship.


In the sixth feature of the Research in a Nutshell series, Heike Merkel and Patty Eagan from the Alaska Center for Energy and Power talk about how Alaska college students can gain real-world experience working for an Alaska utility.

In this series, we present our researchers’ important work in understandable language from real human beings. No jargon. No technical data. Just the research highlights — in a nutshell.