Senior Counsel - Regulatory

Job Posting End Date

07-07-2025

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

The position will represent and advise (1) AEP’s competitive retail business on regulatory strategy and compliance and (2) AEP’s operating companies in administrative litigation and related appeals to civil courts, including regulatory proceedings before state public utility commissions that have jurisdiction over AEP’s electric utility rates and operations.

The position will advise AEP’s competitive retail business on regulatory strategy and work across the competitive retail organization to effectively communicate regulatory compliance obligations. Experience in businesses that market their services to consumers (particularly if subject to a level of government oversight) is helpful for potential candidates. Experience with competitive retail markets, or in the energy industry more broadly, is desirable but not a prerequisite.

The position will also provide support for AEP’s operating companies in administrative litigation before state commissions. Representation includes legal research, motion practice, discovery, commenting on proposed rules, reviewing and drafting testimony, presenting company witnesses and cross-examining opposing witnesses in hearing, writing briefs and appellate practice; reviewing and drafting legislation; providing legal advice to management and other company personnel regarding all aspects of public utility regulation; exercising independent legal judgment; and working with outside legal counsel, state attorneys general, commission staff and industry stakeholders.

Applicants must possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, a good working knowledge of regulatory law, and sound legal judgment, as well as a proven ability for initiative, creativity, good judgment and working independently of direct supervision, while being aligned with the goals of the corporate Legal Department.

Knowledge & Skill Requirements: Legal and Regulatory Requirements:

Communication Skills:

Education & Professional Background: Senior Counsel - Grade 10

Senior Counsel - Grade 11

Work Location and Travel:

Compensation:

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SP20-010

$132,562.00-172,331.00 USD

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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