2026 Shultz Energy Fellowships: California Energy Commission, Executive Office
Regional-, state-, and city-level efforts are essential in our fight against climate change, especially in the field of energy. Stanford University is committed to helping by integrating its students into energy and climate ecosystems in the West through the Shultz Energy Fellowships program, an energy-related summer fellowship program for undergraduate and graduate students.
Named in honor of former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, one of the most widely admired American public servants of the past half-century, the program offers a suite of paid, energy-related public service fellowships for Stanford students in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah during the summer.
The fellowship runs from Monday, June 22, 2026 to Friday, August 28, 2026.
Organization/Agency mission or role in state government
The California Energy Commission is leading the state to a 100 percent clean energy future for all. As the state's primary energy policy and planning agency, the Energy Commission plays a critical role in creating the energy system of the future - one that is clean, is modern, and ensures the fifth largest economy in the world continues to thrive.
Potential Projects
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Provide research and recommendations regarding various battery energy storage safety issues, such as toxics analyses and fire propagation modeling.
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Identify and summarize CPUC proceedings that touch on CEC's work and provide recommendations to Executive Office and Commissioners on how CEC can/should engage.
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Provide support on various petroleum-related issues.
Work Environment
The is a hybrid opportunity.
Potential Mentors
- Jennifer Martin-Gallardo, Deputy Executive Director
- Drew Bohan, Executive Director
Desired Skills
- Tasks will require strong research, analytical, written and oral communication skills.
- Specific area of expertise not required.
- Individual will need to be comfortable engaging with a variety of internal and external parties on technical and politically sensitive issues.
All Shultz Fellows must be enrolled in the spring quarter before their fellowship.
All Shultz Fellows must take a one-unit spring workshop course, 'Energy Policy in California and the West' that will provide an in-depth analysis of the role of California state agencies, the Western Interstate Energy Board, and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council in driving energy policy development, technology innovation, and market structures. Course number is CEE 263G / POLISCI 73 / PUBLPOL 73 / ENERGY 73. Schedule: Wednesdays from 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm.
