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Meet the Intern: Evan Langley

Prairie State Generating Company is pleased to welcome Evan Langley as a mechanical engineering intern for the summer of 2018. From Farina, Illinois, Langley is a mechanical engineering major; in the fall, he will be returning for his senior year at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIU-C).  “I am interested in mechanical engineering because I enjoy problem solving and learning about … More

Meet the Intern: Payton Spohn

Prairie State Generating Company is pleased to welcome Payton Spohn as a mining intern for the summer of 2018. Spohn is from Ozark, Missouri, and attends Missouri S&T.  He just completed his sophomore year in the geological engineering program.  He began at S&T as a petroleum engineering major, and he changed his specialization after taking a geology class his freshman year.  At S&am… More

Meet the Intern: Charly Meister

Prairie State Generating Company is excited to welcome Charly Meister as the finance intern for the summer of 2018. Meister, from Marissa, Illinois, is an accounting major at Southeast Missouri State University.  There, she is a member of Beta Alpha Psi, an accounting fraternity.  Meister said she chose accounting due to her experience with it in class.  “I like how straightforward it is.… More

Meet the Intern: Alyssa Lohmann

Prairie State Generating Company is excited to welcome Alyssa Lohmann as the public relations intern for the summer of 2018. Lohmann was born and raised in Nashville, Illinois.  She is a senior studying marketing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.  Her interest in marketing grew from her experience in sales at the Buckle.  While working there, Lohmann promoted the store through s… More

Prairie State Interns Tour Energy Campus

On May 30, Prairie State’s 2018 Intern Class took tours of both the power plant and the mine. During the power plant tour, they learned about the process in which turbines generate electrical energy, and the state-of-the-art environmental technology in place. Their underground mine tour took them 250 feet below ground.  During this tour, they saw first-hand how the mine operates and watched … More