Senior Energy Regulatory Advisor
About The Position
WSP is seeking a Senior Energy Regulatory Advisor to support utilities, generation and transmission developers and owners, renewable energy companies, independent power producers, and other energy-sector clients navigating regulatory matters. The role provides strategic regulatory guidance and market expertise across electric power, natural gas, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure. As a trusted advisor, the successful candidate will help clients address federal, regional, state, and local regulations, market rules, compliance obligations, policy developments, rate proceedings, transmission initiatives, and emerging energy challenges. This is a remote, highly visible client-facing role supporting clients and projects across the United States. It involves managing complex advisory engagements from early concept through execution and requires strong communication skills and deep energy-regulatory expertise. Travel to client sites, conferences, stakeholder meetings, regulatory proceedings, and compliance events is required as needed; the posting specifies travel 30% of the time. The advisor connects regulatory requirements, operational realities, and business objectives to help clients maintain compliance, mitigate risk, participate effectively in energy markets, and influence policy decisions. The position also supports business development, thought leadership, mentoring, and practice growth.
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+ years of experience in electric utility regulation, compliance, energy markets, reliability, transmission operations, policy development, or a related field.
- Demonstrated knowledge of FERC regulations, 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.
- Knowledge of state utility regulation and public utility commissions.
- Experience supporting utilities, generation owners/operators, transmission owners/operators, generation or transmission 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 throughout the United States as needed; the posting specifies travel 30% of the time.
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, 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, RTO/ISO stakeholder committees, state commission regulatory processes, market design and tariff development, grid modernization, 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 that could affect client investments, operations, and market participation.
- Analyze wholesale electricity, capacity, and ancillary-service markets and transmission-planning processes.
- Evaluate the implications of market-rule changes, reliability requirements, resource-adequacy frameworks, and federal and state energy policies.
- Prepare regulatory assessments to support mergers, acquisitions, project development, and investment decisions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact for key client accounts, identifying 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 coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Disability coverage
- Life insurance
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
