Utilities Attorney (Hybrid)

Starting Salary Range: $98,000 - $125,000

The State Corporation Commission’s (“Commission” or “SCC”) Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) seeks a staff attorney to join its Utilities practice.  Staff attorneys in OGC perform a wide range of legal activities and work closely with internal clients (technical staff in the utilities divisions of the SCC). This attorney will represent and provide counsel mainly to the Commission’s Divisions of Public Utility Regulation and Utility Accounting and Finance involving matters of energy and utility regulation. On behalf of the above-referenced utilities divisions, the attorney selected for this position will: conduct formal proceedings before the Commission as staff counsel; research questions of law and interpret rulings; provide oral and written legal advice as requested; and prepare draft Commission orders, opinions, regulations, administrative procedures, memoranda, and correspondence.  This position offers the opportunity to have significant responsibility over projects and complex matters, whether working independently or in a team-based environment with other attorneys in the Utilities practice and with staff in the Commission’s utilities divisions.  This position includes direct contact and collaboration with senior staff in the utilities divisions and other divisions within the SCC, as well as communications with external stakeholders.  The attorney selected for this position may assist the utilities divisions with legislative matters, including drafting, reviewing, and providing advice on proposed legislation.  Additionally, this attorney may have the opportunity to participate with utilities staff in activities before the federal regulatory agencies and in cooperation with staff of regional alliances of utility commissions, such as the Organization of PJM States and the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.  This position offers a hybrid work schedule (generally 3 days of telework, 2 days in office each week) as well as training and professional development opportunities.