Energy Regulatory Attorney for AI Systems

This part-time attorney position offers a unique opportunity to leverage your legal expertise in energy infrastructure while contributing to the development of next-generation AI systems. Your insights will play a crucial role in shaping how AI models learn and perform, utilizing your domain knowledge in PJM, FERC, and energy permitting.

• Provide senior-level legal review and final validation of site control, interconnection, and permitting-related documentation for energy infrastructure projects.
• Assess project materials for alignment with PJM generator interconnection procedures, queue-readiness expectations, site control requirements, and applicable FERC-regulated processes.
• Review escalated issues flagged by Tier 1 legal reviewers, including incomplete site control evidence and potential interconnection compliance gaps.
• Analyze documentation related to utility-scale solar, wind, battery storage, transmission, and large-load or generation interconnection projects in PJM and adjacent East Coast markets.
• Deliver concise legal findings, risk flags, and structured determinations for client-facing review workflows.
• Help improve review rubrics, issue-spotting guidelines, and decision frameworks used by lower-tier reviewers.

• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 8+ years of legal experience in energy regulatory, power, infrastructure, project development, or related legal practice.
• Direct experience with PJM interconnection processes, including generator interconnection requests and queue participation.
• Strong working knowledge of FERC-regulated transmission and generation interconnection frameworks.
• Experience reviewing legal, regulatory, land, permitting, or project development documentation for energy infrastructure projects.
• Ability to provide practical legal judgment in a structured review environment without requiring extensive supervision.
• East Coast-based or substantial experience with East Coast / PJM-region energy infrastructure matters.

Employment Type: Part-time, Contractor
Hours: Flexible, you choose your hours
Location: Remote - East Coast U.S. candidates preferred

Hourly Rate: $100 - $135

Must have active bar membership and relevant experience as outlined in the qualifications.