Assistant Attorney General; PUC Litigation

Section:
Revenue and Regulatory Law Position Number: LAA-09149 Salary Range: $88,197.00 -$ Yearly Apply By:
Monday, June 8, 2026, 11:59 pm FLSA:
Exempt

Work Unit: PUC Litigation

Job Location:

1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 Release Date:
Friday, May 15, 2026

Employment Type:

Full-Time Position Type:
Non-Classified

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Litigation Unit in the Revenue and Utilities Section is seeking an energetic attorney to serve as litigation counsel to the Trial Staff of the Public Utilities Commission. The Unit’s cases involve important cutting-edge Colorado environmental issues concerning renewable solar and wind energy, electric vehicle infrastructure, grid modernization, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The Unit’s cases also involve litigation of PUC transportation matters concerning the safety and oversight of passenger carriers for hire, towing, vehicle booting, household good movers, and common carriers.

We also litigate PUC proceedings concerning railroad/state highway crossings, telecommunications, and gas pipeline safety. The attorney will be part of a collaborative 10-person team that appears in litigated proceedings before the Commission’s administrative law judges and Commissioners sitting en banc. The attorney will work with Trial Staff to help ensure fair utility rates for all types of customers, and also, promote safety on the transportation side of our work.

Ideal candidates possess a team-focused enthusiasm for the written and oral litigation process at the administrative law level who are willing to learn the unique nuances of PUC-specific litigation while working alongside their new Unit colleagues on innovative energy law issues concerning the deployment of renewable energy resources in Colorado as well as protecting public safety in regulated transportation cases.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The PUC Litigation Unit, which is part of the Revenue & Utilities section, has a caseload which focuses on energy law (gas and electric utilities litigation) and transportation matters (transportation for hire, towing, vehicle booting, intrastate movers, and common carriers). Attorneys occasionally work on telecommunications, railroad, and gas pipeline safety cases, too. The selected attorneys will handle a diverse caseload, typically partnered with one or two other attorneys in the Unit, and occasionally, may handle cases solo.

A portion of the selected attorneys’ caseload will concern PUC transportation matters.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) regulates the rates, charges, services, and facilities of public utilities within Colorado. Our attorneys work with Trial Staff (e.g., engineers, accountants, rate analysts, transportation investigators, and economists) in all aspects of the PUC’s unique litigation process including: preparing and filing interventions; drafting and propounding discovery requests; working with Trial Staff to produce pre-filed testimony; preparing responses to discovery requests;

preparing for evidentiary hearings (including witness preparation); performing direct examinations; cross-examining witnesses; writing post-hearing statements of position; drafting exceptions to decisions; and negotiating settlement agreements. Throughout these stages, our attorneys are actively involved in strategy discussions with co-counsel and Trial Staff. Litigated matters before the PUC in energy law matters are document intensive, detailed, technical, and can sometimes involve more than a half dozen other parties and their legal counsel.

These proceedings involve not only utility rates and rate making but also…