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) American Assn. of Payers, Admin. & Networks

5) Amgen, Inc.

6) Ascend Elements

7) Bluegrass Land Conservancy

8) BusPatrol

9) Cedar Lake

10) Centegix

11) Citigroup Washington, Inc.

12) Claris Healthcare

13) Colonial Management Group, LP

14) Columbia Gas of KY, Inc.

15) CoreCivic

16) Daviess County Fiscal Court

17) Delta Air Lines Inc.

18) District Judges for a Better Commonwealth

19) Diversified Energy Co.

20) Duke Energy

21) Equifax, Inc.

22) Expedia Group

23) Family Medical Centers Community Foundation, Inc.

24) Gold Leaf Management, LLC

25) Graduation Alliance

26) Greater Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau

27) Home of The Innocents

28) Humana Inc.

29) Insurance Institute of Kentucky

30) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC

31) KY Assn. of Convention & Visitors Bureaus

32) KY Assn. of Hospice and Palliative Care

33) KY Cannabis Industry Alliance

34) KY Crushed Stone Assn.

35) KY Distillers' Assn.

36) KY Medical Association

37) KY Rural Water Association

38) KY School Boards Association

39) KY Society of Anesthesiologists

40) KY Travel Industry Association

41) LeadingAge Kentucky

42) Lexia Learning Systems LLC

43) LG&E and KU Energy LLC

44) Louisville & Jefferson County Metro Government

45) Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer

46) Louisville Downtown Partnership

47) Louisville Water Company

48) National Assn. of Vision Care Plans

49) Nucor Corp.

50) Plasma Games

51) Protect Environmental, LLC

52) RAI Services Company

53) Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass

54) Safelite Group, Inc.

55) Safety and Advocacy for Empowerment

56) Sellers, Dorsey & Associates, LLC

57) Silicon Ranch Corporation

58) Swimply, Inc.

59) Travelers Indemnity Company

60) Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc.

61) Turo, Inc.

62) 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: July 03, 2025