Jason Bentley

( Kentucky )

Subjects: All Subjects

Introduction

Since 2005, Jason Bentley has worked as an attorney and registered lobbyist for MML&K Government Solutions, where he maintains an energy and regulatory practice. He previously served as majority counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce, where he worked for three successive Chairmen. While on the Committee, Jason was responsible for developing significant provisions in the Barton-Domenici Energy Policy Act of 2005. Jason returned to his native Kentucky, first as General Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Kentucky Public Service Commission, and then as Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Energy Policy. He has served as the Governor's alternate on the Southern States Energy Board and chaired the annual SSEB meeting at the 2005 conference of the Southern Governors' Association. Jason graduated from Centre College in 1994 and the Vermont Law School in 1999, where he earned dual degrees in law and environmental law. In 1998, Jason was a visiting scholar with the Development Law Service of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy, and previously served as Kentucky's Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to the U.S. Trade Representative.

Clients

1) Accenture LLP

2) Air Methods Corporation

3) American Assn. of Dental Boards, Inc.

4) Amgen, Inc.

5) Ascend Elements

6) Bluegrass Land Conservancy

7) BusPatrol

8) Cedar Lake

9) Centegix

10) Citigroup Washington, Inc.

11) Colonial Management Group, LP

12) Columbia Gas of KY, Inc.

13) CoreCivic

14) Delta Air Lines Inc.

15) District Judges for a Better Commonwealth

16) Diversified Energy Co.

17) Duke Energy

18) Equifax, Inc.

19) Expedia Group

20) Family Medical Centers Community Foundation, Inc.

21) Gold Leaf Management, LLC

22) Graduation Alliance

23) Greater Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau

24) Guardant Health

25) Home of The Innocents

26) Humana Inc.

27) Insurance Institute of Kentucky

28) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC

29) KY Assn. of Convention & Visitors Bureaus

30) KY Assn. of Hospice and Palliative Care

31) KY Cannabis Industry Alliance

32) KY Crushed Stone Assn.

33) KY Distillers' Assn.

34) KY Medical Association

35) KY Rural Water Association

36) KY School Boards Association

37) KY Society of Anesthesiologists

38) KY Travel Industry Association

39) LeadingAge Kentucky

40) LG&E and KU Energy LLC

41) Louisville & Jefferson County Metro Government

42) Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer

43) Louisville Downtown Partnership

44) Louisville Water Company

45) National Assn. of Vision Care Plans

46) Nucor Corp.

47) Protect Environmental, LLC

48) RAI Services Company

49) Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass

50) Safelite Group, Inc.

51) Safety and Advocacy for Empowerment

52) Sellers, Dorsey & Associates, LLC

53) Silicon Ranch Corporation

54) Travelers Indemnity Company

55) Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc.

56) Turo, Inc.

57) United Services Automobile Association

Relationships

Energy Bar Association, Member
Vermont Law Review, Member
U.S. Trade Representative, Kentucky Point of Contact, 2006 --Present

Biography

Kentucky Office of Energy Policy, Frankfort, KY, Executive Director, 2005
Kentucky Public Service Commission, Frankfort, KY, General Counsel/Policy Advisor, 2004 - 2005
US House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, D.C., Majority Counsel, 1999 - 2004
United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 1999
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, Visiting Scholar, 1998

Last Updated: September 16, 2025