Practical Experience Prepares Cordova Intern

is a dynamic utility serving over 1,550 customers in the City of Cordova. Kurt Nunn is working for CEC through .

ACEP's Amanda Byrd traveled to Cordova last week to meet Nunn and talk about why he's spending his summer in a remote community.

"I needed more practical experience and more on-the-ground knowledge rather than the theoretical background, which is important," Nunn said. "More important is learning how to function in a team setting and an organization."

Nunn is earning a double major at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ in computer engineering and electrical engineering. He is interested in controls, automation, and supervisory control and data acquisition.

Byrd and Nunn traveled to the run-of-the-river Power Creek Hydroelectric Project and visited the newly commissioned battery energy storage system. Nunn is trying to help the 1-megawatt battery communicate with the microgrid and hydroelectric system, and he looks forward to digging into the generation data from the utility.

Ten utilities across ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ are participating in ACEP’s Utility Student Internship Program, funded by the Office of Naval Research. For more information on the program, please contact Heike Merkel at hmerkel@alaska.edu.

 

Amanda Byrd interviews student intern Kurt Nunn at the headwaters of Power Creek Hydroelectric Project outside of Cordova. Photo by Mike Mathers.