Senior Counsel, Energy Regulatory Strategy

Duke Energy; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy seeks a Senior Counsel for the Office of General Counsel to support major electric and natural gas regulatory proceedings across jurisdictions. The Enterprise Regulatory Legal Support team provides ownership of regulatory matters, with leadership opportunities and cross-functional collaboration across legal, regulatory, and business partners.

The role involves strategy development, testimony preparation, and management of outside counsel, with travel up to 25% and hybrid work

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience practicing law.
• Experience in regulatory, energy, administrative law, or litigation.
• Membership in good standing with the bar of any Duke Energy operating state; ability to obtain licensure in additional jurisdictions as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support assigned electric and natural gas base rate cases; multiyear and performance-based ratemaking proceedings; periodic rate adjustment filings; securitization and other structured cost recovery transactions; resource planning; and regulatory proceedings arising from corporate transactions.
• Develop hearing strategy; draft, review, and defend pre-filed testimony and exhibits; and prepare and present witnesses at evidentiary hearings.
• Manage discovery and production for assigned proceedings, including requests, objections, responses, collection, privilege review, discovery disputes, vendor coordination, and defensible process documentation.
• Prepare and review briefs, motions, petitions, applications, proposed orders, pre-hearing and post-hearing submissions, and other advocacy filings before state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Develop settlement positions and draft settlement and stipulation terms in coordination with legal leadership.
• Support implementation of regulatory commitments and post-approval obligations, including coordination with business owners on assignments, due dates, and reporting requirements.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day legal contact for assigned subject matter experts across regulatory, finance, engineering, and operations.
• Direct outside counsel on assigned matters, including scope, staffing, and billing.
• Provide regulatory legal support to legal teams in other Duke Energy jurisdictions as enterprise needs require.
• Support the adoption of legal technology and artificial intelligence tools within the regulatory practice.
• Monitor regulatory and legislative developments and advise leadership on matters that may affect the business.

Skills

Regulatory law

Energy law

Administrative law

Litigation

Leadership

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Duke Energy seeks a Senior Counsel for the Office of General Counsel to support major electric and natural gas regulatory proceedings across jurisdictions. The Enterprise Regulatory Legal Support team provides ownership of regulatory matters, with leadership opportunities and cross-functional collaboration across legal, regulatory, and business partners.

The role involves strategy development, testimony preparation, and management of outside counsel, with travel up to 25% and hybrid work