Sr. Counsel - Legal/Regulatory

The Legal Department is seeking an experienced senior attorney to join its regulatory team. This job will focus on federal regulatory and legislative matters impacting our client, including proceedings before the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but will also involve state regulatory and legislative matters—especially in the near term. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, sound judgment, and a solid background in Texas and federal regulation of the electric power industry.

JOB DUTIES

• Collaborates with OUR CLIENT subject matter experts to assess the impacts of proposed regulatory and legislative changes on the OUR CLIENT ISO and its employees, the operation and planning of the OUR CLIENT grid, and the OUR CLIENT wholesale power market. Such regulatory changes include, but are not limited to, the development of NERC Reliability Standards, FERC rules, EPA rules, and PUCT rules, and state and federal legislation.
• Works with OUR CLIENT experts to develop and submit comments on such proposed standards, rules, and legislation in appropriate cases.
• Provides advice and counsel to OUR CLIENT employees regarding the impact of proposed and adopted standards, rules, and legislation.
• Works with OUR CLIENT employees to evaluate impact of industry-proposed changes to OUR CLIENT Protocols, the OUR CLIENT Operating Guide, the OUR CLIENT Planning Guide, and OUR CLIENT Operating Procedures and other relevant documents and to develop comments on such proposed changes, when appropriate.
• Advises OUR CLIENT employees in NERC audits and other compliance-related activities.
• Reviews and interprets requirements in OUR CLIENT Protocols, Operating Guides, Planning Guide, and Operating Procedures and other relevant documents for OUR CLIENT employees and external stakeholders.
• Ensures appropriate communication with PUCT Staff on important federal and state initiatives.
• When requested, provides written summaries of important developments for OUR CLIENT executives, members of the OUR CLIENT Board of Directors, and key government stakeholders, including PUCT Commissioners.
• May represent OUR CLIENT in contested cases before the PUCT or FERC, including filing pleadings, propounding and responding to discovery requests, developing case strategy, and providing written and oral argument before administrative authorities.
• May represent OUR CLIENT in one or more ISO / RTO Council (IRC) committees.
• May serve as leader of internal projects and initiatives.
• May oversee filing of certain reports required by PUCT rules.
• May perform research in connection with Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADRs) and may propose and draft OUR CLIENT positions on ADRs.
• May perform other miscellaneous legal and regulatory functions.

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WORK LOCATION – Austin, TX :