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Energy Compliance Attorney
Micro1 • Remote, United States
Education
Not stated
Type
Hourly
Pay Rate
$100–$135/hr
Actively Hiring
100 openings
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Job Title: Energy Compliance Attorney Job Type: Contractor Location: Remote (USA - East Coast candidates only) Job Summary: In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive legal review and final sign-off on site control packages and interconnection compliance documentation for utility-scale energy projects.
- Resolve escalated document disputes identified by Tier 1 reviewers, ensuring legal accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Assess and confirm the alignment of project filings with FERC regulations and PJM Interconnection requirements.
- Review permitting submissions for transmission and generation to ensure full legal and regulatory conformity.
- Deliver structured, high-quality legal opinions and findings in standardized formats tailored for client delivery.
- Collaborate with project teams to address complex legal and compliance challenges throughout the development lifecycle.
- Stay abreast of evolving federal and PJM regulatory requirements to proactively advise on compliance strategies.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Active bar membership with a background in energy regulatory or infrastructure law.
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally in PJM markets or related jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated experience with PJM Interconnection processes, including site control requirements and queue compliance.
- In-depth knowledge of FERC regulations as they pertain to transmission and generation interconnection.
- Practice based on the East Coast with a focus on East Coast energy regulatory requirements.
- Experience at a law firm, utility, independent power producer (IPP), or a federal energy regulatory agency.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as lead or senior counsel on PJM interconnection legal matters.
- Direct involvement with transmission developers, ISOs, or FERC in an advisory or decision-making capacity.
- Familiarity with utility-scale solar, wind, or transmission permitting processes in the eastern US.
Requirements
- PJM Interconnection Compliance
- FERC Regulations
- Energy Permitting
- Site Control Review
- Interconnection Queue Filing
- Must be eligible to work in one of: Remote, United States
Why this role
At $100–$135/hr, this Energy Compliance Attorney position compensates Legal expertise on its own terms, the kind of rate that would otherwise only show up inside a law firm, hospital, or research lab.
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What specific skills does this listing call for?
PJM Interconnection Compliance, FERC Regulations, Energy Permitting, and Site Control Review are named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with these, expect the screening process to test for them directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
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