Over the summer Ella completed an internship with Granite Shore Power at Merrimack Station, the last major coal power plant in New England. There, she worked with their operations and maintenance departments to maintain and operate equipment both on and offline. It was rewarding to apply the lessons learned in first-year engineering courses to an operating plant and gain a broader understanding of how various systems work together to sell power to the grid. She looks forward to learning more about the energy market and distribution in future co-ops.