Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Crossing Hurdles is seeking an Energy Compliance Attorney to provide comprehensive legal review and ensure compliance for utility-scale energy projects. The role involves resolving document disputes, assessing project filings, and collaborating with project teams to navigate legal challenges.
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
Skills
- Have an active bar membership with a background in energy regulatory or infrastructure law
- Have strong relevant experience in the domain, ideally with of legal experience in PJM markets or related jurisdictions
- Demonstrate experience with PJM Interconnection processes, including site control requirements and queue compliance
- Possess in-depth knowledge of FERC regulations as they pertain to transmission and generation interconnection
- Have practice experience based on the East Coast with a focus on East Coast energy regulatory requirements
- Have experience at a law firm, utility, independent power producer (IPP), or a federal energy regulatory agency
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