Richard Hudson Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Providing professional regulatory and strategic advisory services to retail energy clients.

Pittsburgh PA

• Manage regulatory and legislative affairs for a top- ten competitive retail electricity supplier
• Responsibilities similar to those described for prior positions
• Built the state regulatory and legislative affairs position for ConEdison Solutions as this position did not previously existSupport new market entry plans
• Helped lead new entry into Pennsylvania market by leveraging knowledge of Pennsylvania utility structures and regulatory policies
• Positioned company as a first-mover for the PPL residential market resulting in one of the most successful mass-market campaigns to date
• Manage utility operational coordination by interfacing between internal business units and utility supplier support teams Serve as an expert witness for industry trade association in regulatory proceedings

• Manage regulatory and governmental affairs activities in Midwestern markets
• Advocate and lobby for policies that promote the development of free and open competitive markets for electricity
• Develop communications and public relations strategies to support legislative and regulatory efforts
• Serve as the spokesperson for the company in various forums, including legislative hearings, stakeholder working groups, and with various media outlets
• Craft and implement regulatory and legislative strategies to maximize market opportunity and protect company interests
• Represent the company in settlement negotiations in contested regulatory proceedings and other litigated matters

• Implemented national energy policy through the analysis of, and action on, various regulatory proposals
• Analysis of financial and economic impacts of complex regulatory proposoals including consideration of legal and jurisdictional implications and national energy policy trends
• Analyzed regulatory applications to ensure compliance with industry standards, federal law and Commission policy
• Drafted Commission orders and other decisional public documents implementing Commission policy and other regulatory actions
• Subject matter areas include: the development of competitive wholesale energy markets, Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent Transmission Company development initiatives, transmission rate design and cost.