Energy and Utilities Regulatory Attorney

You will provide legal analysis for AI training scenarios involving energy and utilities regulation. Your work will focus on clear conclusions, the reasoning behind them, and the facts or jurisdictional issues that could change the outcome.

• Analyze realistic energy and utilities regulatory scenarios.
• Assess rate design, tariff structures, market structure, and compliance obligations.
• Apply principles connected to FERC, state public utility commissions, and ISO/RTO practice.
• Identify unsettled issues, jurisdictional conflicts, and outcome-changing facts.
• Review and validate other contributors’ work for legal accuracy and clear reasoning.
• Document your analysis and flag ambiguous or poorly framed scenarios for review.
• Deliver assigned work on schedule and at the required quality level.

What it takes and where it is

This is a fully remote, part-time contractor opportunity. Prior AI training experience is not required, but the work depends on specialized legal knowledge and careful professional judgment.

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Active U.S. bar admission in good standing.
• At least four years of substantive, hands-on energy and utilities regulatory practice.
• Experience advising utilities, independent power producers, or energy regulators.
• Familiarity with rate design, market structure, regulatory compliance, and FERC, state PUC, or ISO/RTO practice.
• Strong ability to explain legal reasoning and recognize fact-sensitive or jurisdictionally contested issues.
• Corporate law foundation, ideally including experience at a Vault 100 firm.
• Professional fluency in English.
• Open to candidates in the listed countries; an active U.S. bar license is required.

Relevant background

Experience with FERC proceedings, state public utility commission matters, power markets, tariff structures, and regulatory compliance is especially relevant. The role is suited to attorneys who can apply professional judgment to detailed regulatory questions and explain their conclusions clearly.

How it works

You apply on OpenTrain with your resume and then complete the application on the hiring site.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples, including written questions and answers. Legal experts help evaluate responses, explain sound reasoning, and identify errors so these systems handle specialized topics more accurately.