You’ve hit a regulatory wall. A commission proceeding is open. A state legislature is moving. A capital project is waiting on a permit. And you have no one whose job it is to handle this.
Hiring a full-time Director of Government Affairs at this stage — at $180,000 to $250,000 in total comp — is the right answer to the wrong version of the problem. What you need is principal-level government affairs leadership, embedded in your organization, right now, without the 90-day search and the two-year commitment.
That is what a fractional engagement provides.
“Growth-stage companies encounter government for the first time at the worst possible moment — when a capital project, a permitting proceeding, or a legislative session is already in motion. The window to build relationships before you need them has passed. What matters now is knowing how power actually moves and acting accordingly.”
A fractional engagement is not a consultant who attends your strategy meetings and sends a summary. It is full-spectrum external affairs leadership — the work, the relationships, and the judgment — delivered on a retainer basis by the same practitioner who will represent your organization in every room.
Mapping and building the relationships that determine outcomes. Commissioner relationships. Legislative stakeholder identification. Coalition architecture. Community engagement frameworks. The relationship intelligence infrastructure your organization needs before the next proceeding, not after it.
Docket monitoring. Commission order analysis. Regulatory horizon scanning across relevant jurisdictions. Delivered as actionable intelligence — what it means for your organization, not just what it says. Backed by RegulatorIndex and StatecraftCRM.
Testimony preparation. Stakeholder meeting management. Legislative session engagement. Coalition coordination. Agency and commission relationship management. Representation at public hearings and regulatory proceedings. The work, in the room, on the record.
Fractional engagements are accepted selectively. The following represent the environments where this practice creates the most value — and where the timing is right.
You’ve raised enough to have real regulatory exposure. You don’t have enough to build a government affairs function from scratch. The regulatory environment has found you — grid connection, state approval, commission proceeding, municipal opposition — and you need someone who knows how this works, immediately.
Interconnection queues, FERC proceedings, state PUC approvals, utility partnership negotiations. This is not a policy question — it is a practitioner problem. You need someone who has been in these proceedings, knows the commissioners, and understands the stakeholder dynamics that determine whether your project moves or stalls.
Large-scale power demand has made you a political target at state PUCs you didn’t know existed six months ago. You have lobbyists. You do not have someone who understands commission proceeding mechanics, rate rider proceedings, and how to build the stakeholder relationships that give you standing before the order is issued.
You need to build a government affairs program that will outlast this proceeding. That means the right people, the right intelligence infrastructure, and the right processes. A fractional engagement can design and stand up the function — and help you hire the full-time Director when the time is right.
Unlike consultants who work from publicly available information and generic research tools, every fractional engagement is backed by RegulatorIndex — the 50-state PUC intelligence platform — and StatecraftCRM, the relationship intelligence platform built specifically for government affairs teams.
You are not getting a consultant who reads the same trade press you do. You are getting the practitioner who built the tools, reads the primary sources, and tracks the commission proceedings that affect your organization before they appear in Utility Dive.
50-state PUC coverage. Commissioner tracking. Docket monitoring. Regulatory horizon scanning.
Explore →Stakeholder mapping. Interaction logging. Heatmaps. AI briefing generation. Purpose-built for government affairs.
Explore →Submit an inquiry using the form below. Describe your organization, your regulatory situation, and what you need to accomplish. All submissions are reviewed personally. If there’s a potential fit, you’ll hear directly from me within 48 hours — not an assistant, not a form email.
A 30-minute principal-to-principal conversation. I ask questions about your regulatory environment, your stakeholder landscape, and your timeline. You ask questions about how I work and whether this is the right fit. No pitch. No proposal until we’ve had this conversation.
Fractional engagements are structured as monthly retainers. Scope, hours, and deliverables are defined based on the specific regulatory situation and organizational need. Engagements typically run three to twelve months, with a structured handoff to an internal hire when the time is right.
Every fractional engagement begins with a direct conversation about the specific regulatory challenge, the political environment, and the desired outcome. No intake calls with an associate. No proposal before a conversation.
Submit your inquiry below. Describe your organization and what you’re navigating. I review all submissions personally.
All communications are confidential. Responses to qualified engagements only. By appointment only.