LegalRegulatory Counsel Sr
LegalRegulatory Counsel Sr
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11-02-2025
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Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. Our client is an American organization that operates Texass electrical grid the Texas Interconnection which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the states electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE) one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membershipbased 501(c) nonprofit corporation and its members include consumers electric cooperatives generators power marketers retail electric providers investorowned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers) and municipally owned electric utilities.
Job Title: Legal/Regulatory Counsel Sr.
Location: Austin TX 78744
Duration: FullTime
Job Type: Direct Hire
Work Type: Hybrid
JOB SUMMARY:
- As the independent system operator (ISO) for the power system that serves the majority of Texas Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (Client) is responsible for operating and planning the Client transmission grid and administering the Client wholesale power market among other critical functions.
- The Client Legal Department is seeking an experienced senior attorney to join its regulatory team.
- This job will focus on federal regulatory and legislative matters impacting Client including proceedings before the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) but will also involve state regulatory and legislative mattersespecially in the near term.
- The ideal candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills sound judgment and a solid background in Texas and federal regulation of the electric power industry.
JOB DUTIES:
- Collaborates with Client subject matter experts to assess the impacts of proposed regulatory and legislative changes on the Client ISO and its employees the operation and planning of the Client grid and the Client wholesale power market. Such regulatory changes include but are not limited to the development of NERC Reliability Standards FERC rules EPA rules and PUCT rules and state and federal legislation.
- Works with Client experts to develop and submit comments on such proposed standards rules and legislation in appropriate cases.
- Provides advice and counsel to Client employees regarding the impact of proposed and adopted standards rules and legislation.
- Works with Client employees to evaluate impact of industryproposed changes to Client Protocols the Client Operating Guide the Client Planning Guide and Client Operating Procedures and other relevant documents and to develop comments on such proposed changes when appropriate.
- Advises Client employees in NERC audits and other compliancerelated activities.
- Reviews and interprets requirements in Client Protocols Operating Guides Planning Guide and Operating Procedures and other relevant documents for Client employees and external stakeholders.
- Ensures appropriate communication with PUCT Staff on important federal and state initiatives.
- When requested provides written summaries of important developments for Client executives members of the Client Board of Directors and key government stakeholders including PUCT Commissioners.
- May represent Client in contested cases before the PUCT or FERC including filing pleadings propounding and responding to discovery requests developing case strategy and providing written and oral argument before administrative authorities.
- May represent Client in one or more ISO/RTO Council (IRC) committees.
- May serve as leader of internal projects and initiatives.
- May oversee filing of certain reports required by PUCT rules.
- May perform research in connection with Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADRs) and may propose and draft Client positions on ADRs.
- May perform other miscellaneous legal and regulatory functions.
EXPERIENCE:
- Requires minimum 10 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirements.
EDUCATION:
- Bachelors degree: Any discipline (required)
- Juris doctorate (required)
CERTIFICATION:
- Admitted to practice before the State Bar of Texas (required)
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
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