Regional and FERC Attorney 2026-01279

About the role

This position monitors, analyzes, and advises the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC) to develop a strategy and related documents pertaining to rulemaking, adjudicative proceedings, and emerging issues concerning FERC regulation of the bulk power system. In addition, this position participates in Regional Transmission Organization and Independent System Operator activities.

Responsibilities

• Represents WPSC interests and manages complex matters in FERC proceedings, handling complex factual, legal, and procedural FERC-related cases/issues.
• Acts as a policy and legal advisor for federal regulation to the WPSC; produces comments, legal documents, briefs, motions, and other pleadings or documents.
• Conducts legal research; appearing before FERC in proceedings to present WPSC interests and positions pertinent to the State of Wyoming and its ratepayers related to items such as transmission planning and cost allocation, large load interconnection, and other aspects of the bulk power system.
• Works with the WPSC Regional Policy Advisor and the Commissioners to ensure representation of Wyoming’s interests in these matters, conducting innovative legal analysis, devising strategy, lending FERC expertise, and providing professional and strategic legal advice to the WPSC in federal regulatory matters.
• Participates in Regional Transmission Organization and Independent System Operator activities, including a variety of boards, committees, and ad hoc organizations, developing positions and documents consistent with the interests of Wyoming utility customers and state policy.
• Works with the Regional Economic Analyst and Commissioners on regional issues, compiling legal research combined with complex analysis of issues, comments, filings, etc.
• Participates in regional energy issues and other matters ultimately determined by FERC, such as regional transmission issues, including efforts to establish one or more Regional Transmission Organizations or Independent System Operators in the Western Interconnection, regional coordination of transmission and generation planning, wholesale energy market structure development, as well as system reliability and system resource adequacy evaluation and planning.

Requirements

Knowledge Experience with independent case handling responsibility.
Knowledge of state and federal utility laws, rules, and regulations, and court decisions.
Intellectual and emotional maturity.
Ability to successfully manage teams of experts drawn from a variety of professions.
Knowledge of electric industry operations issues.
Knowledge of accounting, engineering, and economics issues in utility regulation, and the ability to perform under stress and compressed deadlines.
Exemplary personal and professional integrity and business ethics.
Ability to function autonomously.
Strong, logical legal mind with the ability to apply abstract concepts of law to make timely, well-reasoned, and appropriate decisions to solve problems.
Ability to work efficiently under time pressures and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Adaptable to changing environments.
Sound judgment.
Strong leadership, managerial and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engender trust, respect, and confidence.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong negotiating skills.
Knowledge of state and federal laws.
Knowledge of the interaction between state and federal laws and agencies
Litigation skill set.
Problem-solving skills.
Legal presentation skills.

Qualifications

• PREFERENCES: Preference will be given to applicants with experience in regional transmission organizations and FERC matters.
• Knowledge Experience with independent case handling responsibility.
• Knowledge of state and federal utility laws, rules, and regulations, and court decisions.
• Intellectual and emotional maturity.
• Ability to successfully manage teams of experts drawn from a variety of professions.
• Knowledge of electric industry operations issues.
• Knowledge of accounting, engineering, and economics issues in utility regulation, and the ability to perform under stress and compressed deadlines.
• Exemplary personal and professional integrity and business ethics.
• Ability to function autonomously.
• Strong, logical legal mind with the ability to apply abstract concepts of law to make timely, well-reasoned, and appropriate decisions to solve problems.
• Ability to work efficiently under time pressures and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptable to changing environments.
• Sound judgment.
• Strong leadership, managerial and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engender trust, respect, and confidence.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Knowledge of state and federal laws.
• Knowledge of the interaction between state and federal laws and agencies.
• Litigation skill set.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Legal presentation skills.