Expert Work
Energy Compliance Attorney
Status: Open
- Pay
- $100–$135/hr
- Location
- Remote — (USA - East Coast candidates only)
- Employment type
- Contractor
- Openings
- 100
- Posted
- 2026-05-04
About this opportunity
Job Title: Energy Compliance Attorney
Job Type: Contractor
Location: Remote (USA - East Coast candidates only)
Job Summary: In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive legal review and final sign-off on site control packages and interconnection compliance documentation for utility-scale energy projects.
- Resolve escalated document disputes identified by Tier 1 reviewers, ensuring legal accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Assess and confirm the alignment of project filings with FERC regulations and PJM Interconnection requirements.
- Review permitting submissions for transmission and generation to ensure full legal and regulatory conformity.
- Deliver structured, high-quality legal opinions and findings in standardized formats tailored for client delivery.
- Collaborate with project teams to address complex legal and compliance challenges throughout the development lifecycle.
- Stay abreast of evolving federal and PJM regulatory requirements to proactively advise on compliance strategies.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Active bar membership with a background in energy regulatory or infrastructure law.
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally in PJM markets or related jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated experience with PJM Interconnection processes, including site control requirements and queue compliance.
- In-depth knowledge of FERC regulations as they pertain to transmission and generation interconnection.
- Practice based on the East Coast with a focus on East Coast energy regulatory requirements.
- Experience at a law firm, utility, independent power producer (IPP), or a federal energy regulatory agency.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience as lead or senior counsel on PJM interconnection legal matters.
- Direct involvement with transmission developers, ISOs, or FERC in an advisory or decision-making capacity.
- Familiarity with utility-scale solar, wind, or transmission permitting processes in the eastern US.
Required skills
- PJM Interconnection Compliance
- FERC Regulations
- Energy Permitting
- Site Control Review
- Interconnection Queue Filing
What you'll do
- Provide comprehensive legal review and final sign-off on site control packages and interconnection compliance documentation for utility-scale energy projects.
- Resolve escalated document disputes identified by Tier 1 reviewers, ensuring legal accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Assess and confirm the alignment of project filings with FERC regulations and PJM Interconnection requirements.
- Review permitting submissions for transmission and generation to ensure full legal and regulatory conformity.
- Deliver structured, high-quality legal opinions and findings in standardized formats tailored for client delivery.
- Collaborate with project teams to address complex legal and compliance challenges throughout the development lifecycle.
- Stay abreast of evolving federal and PJM regulatory requirements to proactively advise on compliance strategies.
Requirements
- Active bar membership with a background in energy regulatory or infrastructure law.
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally in PJM markets or related jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated experience with PJM Interconnection processes, including site control requirements and queue compliance.
- In-depth knowledge of FERC regulations as they pertain to transmission and generation interconnection.
- Practice based on the East Coast with a focus on East Coast energy regulatory requirements.
- Experience at a law firm, utility, independent power producer (IPP), or a federal energy regulatory agency.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience as lead or senior counsel on PJM interconnection legal matters.
- Direct involvement with transmission developers, ISOs, or FERC in an advisory or decision-making capacity.
- Familiarity with utility-scale solar, wind, or transmission permitting processes in the eastern US.