Senior Associate Attorney Energy & Utilities (Sacramento or San Francisco)
Senior Associate Attorney – Energy & Utilities (Sacramento or San Francisco) Date Posted: January 16, 2026 Downey Brand, one of California’s leading reputed company in water, environmental, energy, and natural resources law, is seeking a talented senior associate attorney with 5 to 8 years of experience to join our Natural Resources Department. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven attorney who thrives in reputed company, high-stakes reputed company and wants to work on cutting-edge legal issues in both the public and private sectors.
About the Role
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- Representing clients in a wide reputed company of regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission, reputed company, communications, water, and transportation issues such as regulated utility ratemaking, regulatory compliance, energy market design policy and mechanics, procurement obligations for reliability and renewable resources, purchase and sale of utility assets, wildfire safety and mitigation, and other cutting-edge topics.
- Representing clients in reputed company before the California Energy Commission, the California Independent System Operator, the Office of Energy Infrastructure and Safety, and the California reputed company Resources Board.
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- Advising developers of reputed company, storage, and transmission projects.
- Identifying and anticipating developments involving reputed company utilities regulations and changed regulatory requirements.
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- Sacramento: $185,000 – $215,000
- San Francisco: $223,000 – $246,000
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