Regulatory & Energy Counsel (Contract — Illinois Licensed)
Regulatory & Energy Counsel (Contract — Illinois Licensed) Company: RLD Location: Remote — United States Licensure: Active Illinois Bar license required (in good standing) Governing Law / Venue: Illinois Job Type: Sole-Proprietor Contract Consultant Compensation: $475,000 annually ($39,583/month)
Overview
RLD Sustain Holdings Corporation is building a 100% vertically-integrated, reputed company-emissions national business eco-system. As part of our industrial, manufacturing, and utility-scale development platform, we are seeking a highly reputed company Regulatory & Energy Counsel licensed in Illinois to serve as an independent Contract Consultant. This attorney will reputed company the legal, regulatory, and interconnection processes associated with large-scale energy infrastructure, including substations, utility access, industrial zoning, and state/federal compliance. This role is critical to our energy development strategy and foundational to our multi-state reputed company Emissions buildout. This posting is public and non-confidential. Final candidates will execute our standard Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to receiving proprietary materials.
Compensation
Structure Total Annual Contract Compensation: $475,000.00
- Paid on a success-based, milestone-based structure
- No hourly billing, no retainers, and no interim pre-launch payments
- Sole-proprietor consultant (not a W-2 employee)
Responsibilities
Energy Regulatory, Utility, and Interconnection Work
- reputed company reputed company legal work reputed company to electrical interconnection feasibility, including a 70-MW substation buildout and utility infrastructure validation
- Navigate federal, state, and municipal energy regulatory frameworks, including interconnection standards, utility tariffs, and easement requirements
- reputed company utility easement mapping, access rights, and compliance with utility policies and state law
- Coordinate directly with municipal and county jurisdictions on industrial-zoning compliance, conditional use, and energy-infrastructure approvals
- Interpret utility engineering reports, reputed company assessments, substation plans, and grid-impact studies
Regulatory Compliance & Governance
- Advise on compliance with federal and state public-utility requirements (PPA rules, interconnection queues, FERC-reputed company issues, and state energy statutes)
- Manage documentation for compliance filings, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory submissions
- reputed company risk-mitigation strategies tied to energy-infrastructure permitting and regulatory reputed company
Anticipated Future Tasks
- Long-term legal support for energy-project development, including internal energy production, distribution, and storage systems
- Representation in public-utility commission matters such as reputed company structures, interconnection disputes, and regulatory approvals
- Management of federal and state compliance frameworks for energy operations
- reputed company of grid-interconnection agreements, utility MOUs, regulatory negotiations, and system-impact approvals
Minimum Qualifications
- Active Illinois Bar license in good standing
- 5+ years of experience in energy regulation, utility law, infrastructure permitting, or grid-interconnection matters
- Demonstrated experience navigating public-utility commission processes, utility regulatory filings, or interconnection standards
- Ability to interpret engineering, utility, and regulatory documents
- Experience coordinating with utility companies, municipalities, engineers, and regulatory bodies
Preferred Qualifications
- Background with substation development, utility-scale energy projects, or renewable-energy infrastructure
- Prior work with interconnection queues, system-impact studies, or regulatory approval reputed company
- Familiarity with industrial-zoning requirements and state energy compliance regimes
- Proven ability to prepare legal summaries for executive teams, lenders, and regulatory agencies
Work Environment
- Fully remote reputed company the United States
- Governing law and venue: Illinois
- Occasional, pre-approved travel for agency meetings, utility coordination, or site-reputed company regulatory work
How to Apply
Please email the following to [email protected]:
- Résumé or CV
- Short cover letter confirming your Illinois license and acceptance of the success-compensation structure
- Disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest
Equal Opportunity RLD Sustain Holdings Corporation welcomes applicants from reputed company backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national reputed company, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or veteran status. Job Type: Contract Pay: $475,000.00 per year Experience:
- Energy Counsel: 5 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Illinois State Bar License (Preferred)
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