Regional and FERC Attorney 2026-01279

State of Wyoming • Cheyenne, WY

14d • Onsite

About The Position

If you are an effective lawyer ready for a rewarding new role, we encourage you to apply. Starting July 1, 2026, 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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulation of the bulk power system. In addition, this position participates in Regional Transmission Organization and Independent System Operator activities, including a variety of boards, committees, and ad hoc organizations. The position will develop comments on proposed federal tariffs, other filings, and developing positions and reflective documents consistent with the interests of Wyoming utility customers and state policy. This position exercises advanced professional judgement and strategic legal reasoning with minimal supervision to identify, investigate, monitor and analyze extremely specialized and complex FERC cases and other proceedings, conducts legal research of FERC cases, including constitutional concepts, systematically develops and maintains an in-depth understanding of Wyoming’s FERC and other regional electric grid related interests, and communicates issues, strategies and options to WPSC Commissioners, drafts and submits comments, position statements and other legal documents to FERC, including, in cooperation with the Attorney General’s Office, appellate proceedings and arguments before FERC. The position will also monitor, prepare comments, legal documents, advise the WPSC, and take such action as necessary in any other federal agency proceeding related to the WPSC’s jurisdiction. The WPSC necessarily participates in various regional energy efforts to plan, construct, and operate the generation and transmission system in the Western Interconnection. These efforts generally address issues that are ultimately determined or heavily influenced by FERC and other federal agencies. These regional matters have direct effects on the quantity and type of generation constructed in the future, including how existing generation resources are dispatched, their frequency and duration of operation, and who will pay for the generation and transmission. These FERC-adjacent regional matters, just as with direct FERC proceedings, can have a profound effect on Wyoming ratepayers, Wyoming’s energy future, and consequently, the state’s economy in general. This position bolsters Wyoming’s ability to effectively participate in these matters, working closely with the WPSC Regional Analyst and the Commissioners to ensure Wyoming’s interests are protected and advanced in these matters.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience as a practicing attorney.
• Membership in the State Bar as an Attorney qualified to practice law in this state.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in regional transmission organizations and FERC matters.

Responsibilities

• Monitors, analyzes, and advises the WPSC to develop strategy and related documents pertaining to rulemaking, adjudicative proceedings, and emerging issues related to FERC regulation of the bulk power system.
• Represents WPSC interests and manages complex matters in FERC proceedings, handles 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.

Benefits

• Paid annual and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement with employer contributions
• Deferred Compensation Plan with employer contributions
• Health insurance with an employer contribution toward premiums
• Insurance options for health, dental, life, vision, ambulance, and short and long-term disability
• Longevity pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior