Senior Energy Regulatory Advisor

WSP • New York, NY

8h • $153,400 - $283,600 • Remote

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Senior Energy Regulatory Advisor to provide strategic regulatory guidance and market expertise to utilities, generation and transmission developers and owners, renewable energy companies, independent power producers, and other energy-sector clients. The role advises clients across electric power, natural gas, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure on federal, regional, state, and local regulatory matters, including market rules, compliance obligations, policy developments, rate proceedings, transmission initiatives, and emerging energy challenges. It is a remote, highly visible, client-facing position supporting projects throughout the United States and involves managing complex advisory engagements from early concept through execution.

The advisor serves as a strategic link between regulatory requirements, operational realities, and business objectives. The position helps clients maintain compliance, mitigate risk, participate effectively in energy markets, and influence policy decisions. Responsibilities also include client relationship management, business development, thought leadership, and mentoring junior consultants.

WSP USA is an engineering and professional services firm serving the buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets. The company reports more than 15,000 employees in over 300 U.S. offices. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Public Policy, Energy Systems, Business, Political Science, Law, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience.
• 12 or more years of experience in electric utility regulation, compliance, energy markets, reliability, transmission operations, policy development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of FERC regulations and orders, open access transmission tariffs, interconnection procedures, transmission planning processes, and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of NERC Reliability Standards and regional entity compliance programs.
• Knowledge of RTO/ISO market structures and stakeholder processes, as well as state utility regulation and public utility commissions.
• Experience supporting utilities, generation or transmission owners/operators or developers, independent power producers, energy marketers, or other regulated energy organizations.
• Experience participating in ISO/RTO stakeholder processes, tariff development, market design initiatives, or regulatory working groups.
• Understanding of wholesale energy markets, transmission planning, generator and large-load interconnection, transmission services, reliability frameworks, market operations, and grid integration across North American markets.
• Experience preparing regulatory analyses, compliance assessments, technical reports, policy recommendations, or regulatory filings.
• Ability to travel to client sites, industry conferences, stakeholder meetings, regulatory proceedings, and compliance events throughout the United States as needed; travel is 30% of the time.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, Energy Systems, or a related discipline.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or experience supporting regulatory legal proceedings.
• Professional certifications such as NERC Compliance Certification, Professional Engineer Registration or Engineer in Training (EIT), PMP, Engineering Risk Professional (ERP), or Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC).
• Direct experience with FERC proceedings and filings, NERC audits and enforcement activities, RTO/ISO stakeholder committees, state commission regulatory processes, market design and tariff development, grid modernization initiatives, or energy storage and renewable integration policy.
• Experience developing regulatory strategy for emerging technologies and energy transition initiatives.
• Experience working for or directly supporting FERC, NERC, a Regional Entity, ISO/RTO, state commission, or utility regulatory organization.
• Knowledge of gas, water, or other utilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on regulatory requirements, policy developments, and market design changes affecting energy infrastructure and operations.
• Interpret and assess proceedings before FERC, public utility commissions, RTOs, ISOs, and environmental and energy agencies.
• Develop regulatory strategies for generation, transmission, distribution, storage, renewable energy, and emerging technologies.
• Monitor and communicate regulatory developments affecting client investments, operations, and market participation.
• Analyze wholesale electricity, capacity, and ancillary service markets, as well as transmission planning processes.
• Evaluate the implications of market rule changes, reliability requirements, resource adequacy frameworks, and federal and state energy policies.
• Prepare regulatory assessments supporting mergers, acquisitions, project development, and investment decisions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and primary contact for key client accounts, and identify opportunities to expand consulting engagements.
• Lead client presentations, workshops, and executive briefings.
• Build and maintain relationships with regulators, utilities, market operators, trade associations, and industry stakeholders.
• Support proposal development and client pursuits.
• Contribute thought leadership articles, white papers, conference presentations, and webinars.
• Identify emerging industry trends and develop new consulting service offerings.
• Mentor junior consultants and support practice growth initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Disability and life coverage
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation or other personal time
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

What This Job Offers

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