The Legal Counsel provides regulatory, legislative, and general legal support to AAEA and AAEF with a strong emphasis on utility regulation and Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) proceedings. Key responsibilities include:

• Monitor, review, and analyze regulatory filings, testimony, settlements, and orders in active APSC dockets, with special focus on resource planning, rate cases, transmission, renewable energy, storage, and financing mechanisms.

• Draft, edit, and file legal documents including comments, motions, petitions to intervene, discovery responses, briefs, and settlement positions.

• Serve as counsel during APSC hearings, workshops, and technical conferences; prepare cross-examination questions and testimony strategy for staff and partner intervenors.

• Provide legal and policy guidance to staff, members, and external partners on energy regulation, legislative proposals, administrative law, and compliance matters.

• Support AAEA’s policy positions by conducting statutory, regulatory, and case-law research and preparing legal memoranda and strategic recommendations.

• Collaborate with the Executive Director and External Affairs team to evaluate legislative proposals, develop policy language, draft bill language when requested, and support stakeholder negotiations.

• Review contracts, MOUs, grant agreements, scopes of work, and governance documents to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.

• Maintain awareness of federal and regional regulatory developments (FERC, SPP, MISO, EPA) and assess implications for Arkansas’s energy landscape.

• Work closely with member companies, municipal partners, counties, and developers to clarify regulatory requirements and support responsible project deployment.

• Provide internal training and knowledge resources to staff regarding legal processes, regulatory timelines, and procedural best practices.

• Engage in advancing energy policy by participating in regulatory proceedings, legislative processes, and strategic policy development while coordinating with public and private stakeholders.

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.

• Active license to practice law in Arkansas or eligibility for prompt reciprocity.

• Demonstrated experience in utility regulation, energy law, administrative law, or closely related fields.

• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory issues into plain language.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple matters in fast-moving regulatory environments.

• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal, and interpersonal.

• Comfort interacting with government agencies, utilities, intervenors, and industry stakeholders.

• 3-7 years of experience practicing in public utility regulation or administrative proceedings.

• Prior experience before the Arkansas Public Service Commission or similar regulatory bodies.

• Familiarity with integrated resource planning, rate design, renewable project development, grid planning, wholesale markets, and economic regulation.

• Experience collaborating with trade associations, nonprofits, or policy-driven organizations.

• Knowledge of federal regulatory structures (FERC, EPA, DOE) and regional transmission organizations (SPP or MISO).

• Experience drafting legislative language or supporting legislative processes.

• A detail-oriented legal professional who thrives in complex regulatory environments.

• A strategic thinker who can anticipate regulatory and legal implications for the advanced energy sector.

• A clear communicator who can explain complicated issues to non-lawyers.

• A proactive problem solver who enjoys navigating policy, law, and stakeholder dynamics.

• A mission-driven professional committed to supporting Arkansas’s transition to a secure, competitive, and economically vibrant energy future.

This position offers a salary up to $120,000, based on experience, expertise in utility regulation, and overall fit.

Compensation includes a comprehensive, competitive benefits package.

• Send your resume and cover letter to info@arkansasadvancedenergy.com with the subject “Legal Counsel Application” or complete the form below.

• Candidates who apply before January 9, 2026 will be considered first.

• Position will be filled as soon as possible with the preferred start date of February 6, 2026.