Regulatory Counsel – Energy & Utilities (Hybrid)

PowerLines; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid remote work

Job summary

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) seeks Counsel II to join the Legal Division and serve as Hearing Officers across electric, natural gas, and water matters. You will lead teams, manage schedules, and draft orders as cases progress to the Commission, shaping energy policy and regulatory outcomes.

Ideal candidates have a JD, MA Bar, and 3+ years of relevant practice, with strong writing, advocacy, and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative law, public utility law, energy policy, or environmental law is highly desirable.
• Teamwork and leadership, especially for teams involving technical and legal staff.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance multiple cases and deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in oral and written form.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with persons at all levels.
• Applicants may be required to have a current and valid Motor Vehicle Driver's License to attend hearings, site visits, and other assignments.
• The position includes the opportunity for hybrid remote work.

Responsibilities

• Serving as case manager on Department proceedings. This includes establishing procedural schedules, conducting public hearings and evidentiary hearings, making written and oral rulings, and working with and coordinating the work of technical staff to ensure the development of a thorough record as cases progress to the Commission.
• Preparing and presenting recommendations and draft orders to the Commission.
• Preparing legal research and/or memoranda on agency jurisdiction, procedures and standards, and applicable law and precedent.
• Coordinating the agency’s responses to requests for access to public records and will facilitate the resolution of such requests by the timely and thorough production of public records
• Representing the Department in settlement negotiations of cases as needed, and in interventions before other state and federal administrative agencies.
• Other duties as needed or assigned.

Skills

Administrative law

Public utility law

Energy policy

Environmental law

Team leadership

Organizational skills

Oral and written communication

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Massachusetts Bar admission

Job description

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) seeks Counsel II to join the Legal Division and serve as Hearing Officers across electric, natural gas, and water matters. You will lead teams, manage schedules, and draft orders as cases progress to the Commission, shaping energy policy and regulatory outcomes.

Ideal candidates have a JD, MA Bar, and 3+ years of relevant practice, with strong writing, advocacy, and collaboration skills.