Remote Energy & Utilities Regulatory Attorney (Contract)

Crossing Hurdles; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking an Energy & Utilities Regulatory Attorney for a remote contract role. The position requires 10-40 hours per week and involves providing expert regulatory analysis on rate design, tariff structures, and compliance obligations.

You will work with scenarios from FERC, state PUC, and ISO/RTO practice, explaining the reasoning behind conclusions and identifying unsettled questions. Collaboration and precise documentation are essential.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Active U.S. bar admission.
• Strong experience in energy and utilities regulatory practice.

Responsibilities

• Contribute expert-level legal reasoning on energy and utilities regulatory questions, including rate design, tariff structure, and compliance obligations.
• Work through realistic regulatory scenarios drawn from FERC, state PUC, and ISO/RTO practice, explaining the analysis behind your conclusions.
• Identify where a question is unsettled, jurisdictionally contested, or turns on facts that change the answer.
• Review and validate work from other contributors for legal accuracy and clarity of reasoning.
• Document your reasoning clearly, so the analysis is as useful as the conclusion.
• Flag ambiguous or poorly framed scenarios to project coordinators instead of resolving them silently.

Skills

Energy & Utilities

Regulatory analysis

Legal reasoning

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

Crossing Hurdles is seeking an Energy & Utilities Regulatory Attorney for a remote contract role. The position requires 10-40 hours per week and involves providing expert regulatory analysis on rate design, tariff structures, and compliance obligations.

You will work with scenarios from FERC, state PUC, and ISO/RTO practice, explaining the reasoning behind conclusions and identifying unsettled questions. Collaboration and precise documentation are essential.