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07/31/2024
Avangrid’s Internship Experience Ranks in America’s Top 100 Programs
Avangrid’s Internship Experience Ranks in America’s Top 100 Programs
Pictured: Our Program Manager of Early Career Development, Anna Grillo (centered), with a group of Avangrid's current interns at our headquarters in Orange, Connecticut.
Honored for outstanding commitment to early career development
ORANGE, Conn. — July 31, 2024 — Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and a member of the Iberdrola Group, announced today that it has been selected for the 2024 Yello Top 100 Internship Programs List. Avangrid earned its spot on this competitive list for its outstanding Internship and Graduate programs.
“While other companies may be scaling down their internship programs, we are scaling up,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “Over the last two years, Avangrid has significantly increased the number of interns we hire and the conversion rate of those interns to full-time employees. We accomplished this by prioritizing intern hires and by expanding full-time opportunities for early career professionals through formal rotational programs. These programs are the foundation of how we attract, develop and engage top talent. I am pleased to see them recognized as among the best in the country.”
Avangrid’s paid Internship Experience is ten weeks and includes interactive workshops, networking events and final presentations to business areas. This year, Avangrid has more than 100 interns supporting business-critical projects around the company, such as big data, cybersecurity, smart solutions and renewable expansions. The experience prepares interns for successful careers by teaching them practical skills in a structured learning journey, challenging them with real-world projects, and connecting them with senior leaders.
Avangrid’s Graduate program is a two-year rotational development program for early career employees. Participants grow their careers by continuing the structured learning journey, building connections with their coworkers and achieving business-critical goals. The program rotates employees through three to four challenging assignments both locally and abroad in an Iberdrola Group location. Upon completion of
the program, employees transition into their permanent roles on their hiring manager’s team. Avangrid currently has more than 140 Graduates in its workforce.
“This award is a huge honor and a testament to our dedication and commitment to our early career professionals,” said Anna Grillo, program manager of early career development at Avangrid. “I’m proud of the support system we offer our early career professionals—from when they start as interns to when they graduate from a formal development program as future leaders or technical specialists. It is so rewarding to see them applying the skills they learned and making an impact on Avangrid. I want students to know that if they choose to work at Avangrid, their development will be our top priority and the possibilities for their future are endless.”
Yello's Top 100 Internship Programs List is determined by public voting and a panel of industry experts who consider many different aspects of the programs. Yello reports that selection to this year’s list was particularly competitive due to the hundreds of program nominations it received.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
