Senior Counsel

Requisition ID # 162203 

Job Category: Legal 

Job Level: Attorney

Business Unit: Gen Counsel, Ethics, Risk & Compliance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

 

The Law Department provides timely, efficient, and business-focused legal services to the company. The Law Gas & Electric Operations team provides both regulatory and transactional support to clients across a broad spectrum of matters, primarily related to energy operations, including electrification, decarbonization, electric and gas safety, enforcement, wildfire mitigation, electric and gas compliance, electric transmission, interconnection, emergency operations support, regulatory investigations, clean fuels, transition of the natural gas system, and legislative initiatives.

 

 

Position Summary

 

If you are interested in making an impact on our communities by supporting safety, infrastructure operations, clean fuels and decarbonization, then this position may be right for you. The Senior Counsel will be responsible for providing representation and advice and counsel to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s electric operations, electrification, electric transmission, gas operations, and gas engineering teams, including assisting in regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and transactions involving electrification pilot programs, the transition of the gas industry, electric transmission development, electric and gas compliance, and emerging clean fuels.  The Senior Counsel will also be responsible for managing outside counsel to support the company’s lines of business and to provide strategic, comprehensive, and complete legal advice with respect to the company's legal agenda.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be in Oakland, CA.

 

 

Reporting Relationship

 

The Counsel Attorney will report to the Managing Counsel for Law Gas & Electric Operations within the Law, Utility Strategy Operations organization.

 

 

Job Responsibilities

 

• Responsible for providing legal representation, advice, and support for the Company on matters of major complexity or significance. 
• Oversees or conducts legal research relevant to scope of responsibility.
• May manage and coordinate outside counsel handling specific proceedings or issues.
• May act as a subject matter expert in area of specialization.
• Represent PG&E in regulatory proceedings before the CPUC and FERC, including hearings, workshops, written submissions, and filings. Research and draft pleadings for submission to regulatory bodies in respective proceedings.
• Develop and implement regulatory strategy as part of team that includes regulatory affairs and client representatives from policy and operations organizations.
• Provide advice and counsel to management and project teams on legal and regulatory issues and strategy.
• Consult with other attorneys in the Law Department regarding key business and legal issues.
• Strategize on and provide advice on legislative initiatives that impact electric and gas operations.
• Research, review, interpret, and draft project documents for transactions involving the sale of natural gas infrastructure with project teams.
• Support internal investigations and responses to regulatory enforcement actions concerning electric and gas incidents.

 

 

Leadership Qualities

 

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