Energy Regulatory Counsel

The work

You will provide legal analysis for an AI training project focused on energy and utilities regulation. Your work will help improve how AI systems reason about complex regulatory questions.

You will explain the reasoning behind your conclusions, identify unsettled or fact-dependent issues, and review other contributors' work for legal accuracy and clear reasoning.

• Analyze realistic scenarios involving rate design, tariff structures, market structure, and compliance obligations.
• Work with examples involving FERC, state public utility commissions, and ISO/RTO practice.
• Explain the legal reasoning behind each conclusion, not just the conclusion itself.
• Identify issues that are unsettled, jurisdictionally contested, or dependent on changing facts.
• Review and validate other contributors' work for legal accuracy and clarity.
• Flag ambiguous or poorly framed scenarios instead of resolving them without explanation.
• Document your analysis clearly and deliver assigned work at the required quality level and schedule.

What it pays and takes

This is a fully remote, part-time contractor opportunity. Work may be performed from anywhere if you hold an active U.S. bar license.

• Pay: $140 to $400 per hour.
• Work arrangement: Remote contractor role.
• Location: Open to candidates who can work remotely and hold an active U.S. bar license.
• Language: Professional fluency in English.
• Education: J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• License: Active U.S. bar admission in good standing.
• Experience: At least four years of substantive, hands-on energy and utilities regulatory practice.
• Practice background: Experience advising utilities, independent power producers, or energy regulators on rate design, market structure, and regulatory compliance.
• Legal foundation: Corporate law experience is required.
• Preferred background: Experience at a Vault 100 firm.
• Helpful experience: FERC matters, state public utility commissions, rate cases, power markets, tariffs, ISO/RTO practice, or regulatory compliance.
• Prior AI training experience is not required.

How it works

Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.

About AI training work

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