PUC Jobs Board

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

New Jersey’s lead energy regulator, the Board of Public Utilities (“Board”), is looking for attorneys to join its General Counsel’s Office. The Board is a quasi-judicial body charged with ensuring safe, adequate, and proper utility services at reasonable, nondiscriminatory rates and developing a competitive, cost-effective energy policy that promotes responsible growth. The agency is also tasked with implementing significant clean energy policy goals and launching programs that promote renewable energy to meet our 100% clean energy goals. Board attorneys are at the forefront of implementing these policies, and work in crossdisciplinary teams to solve some of the most complex and impactful legal issues in New Jersey.

WORK RESPONSIBILITIES

Analyze and evaluate legal documents, rules, regulations, and/or legislation. Assist in the drafting, coordinating, and revision of rules, regulations, and orders that may be required to implement the statutory authority, powers, and duties of the agency. As assigned, assist in the preparation and review of contracts and procurement documents. Review and analyze regulatory filings and proposals. Review decisions, orders, memoranda, correspondence, and other instruments prepared by the staff prior to adoption or issuance. Advise the agency and supervisory officials regarding legal sufficiency and policy continuity. Evaluate Initial Decisions issued by Administrative Law Judges and review opinions of various courts. Draft agency decisions, orders, notices, proposals, memoranda and correspondence including orders adopting or modifying Initial Decisions. Assist the General Counsel in advising the agency and staff with respect to the application of various statutes, federal and state, including the New Jersey Administrative Code, Administrative Procedure Act, and the Open Public Records Act, as well as other applicable laws. Assist in coordinating public hearings and meetings, and evaluation of testimony and proofs to facilitate the presentation of testimony in state and federal courts and agencies. Assist in formulating policies and procedures governing the conduct of all formal proceedings. Interact with the stakeholder community and the public. Participate in investigations and in coordinating activities with other departments of state or the federal government. Assist the General Counsel in coordinating activities with the Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Law and Public Safety. Recommend responses to informal inquiries regarding jurisdiction or the policy of the agency. The successful candidate must be an excellent writer, work well as part of an integrated team, organize projects, prepare documents, make recommendations on the impact of proposed policies and/or legislation, and do other tasks assigned.