NextEra Energy

Principal Attorney - Energy Advisory

NextEra Energy$125K — $150K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Member in Good Standing of State Bar
  • Juris Doctorate
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 2+ years of relevant legal experience
  • Background in litigation and consumer finance required
  • Experience in regulatory compliance and commercial transactions preferred

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal advice to business leaders
  • Anticipate and mitigate legal risks
  • Ensure budget compliance to minimize outside counsel use
  • Disclose significant legal issues to senior leadership
  • Draft and negotiate contracts for the residential solar business
  • Manage responses to regulatory inquiries and consumer protection complaints

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare plans
  • Retirement savings options
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Employee wellness programs
  • Opportunities for professional development
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 96542

Position Specific Description

EverBright, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, is seeking an experienced attorney, in its Houston office, for its residential solar business to handle customer complaints and disputes and advise the company on issues related to the residential solar business. The role will include drafting and negotiating responses to legal inquiries and claims, managing responses to regulatory inquiries, government investigations, consumer protection complaints, and Attorney General matters, and providing legal and commercial guidance to business leaders.

The attorney will oversee compliance with all legal requirements related to consumer protection issues, including state and federal requirements governing residential solar transactions, financing arrangements, marketing practices, disclosures, collections, and customer communications, and will assess regulatory developments to advise business stakeholders on compliance risks and operational implementation.

The attorney will serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders by identifying legal and regulatory risks, developing mitigation strategies, and supporting operational decision-making, and should be able to handle multiple matters concurrently. The attorney will also handle tasks such as drafting contracts and managing vendor and other agreements related to the residential solar business. The candidate should ideally have a background in litigation, and experience in consumer finance, consumer protection, commercial transactions and regulatory compliance. Experience in residential solar and energy industries is strongly preferred. This attorney will participate in complex legal matters and projects and deliver timely and quality legal services to clients with minimal supervision.

Job Overview

Employees in this job participate in complex legal matters and projects and deliver timely and quality legal services to clients with moderate supervision.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Provides written and oral legal advice to clients
• Anticipates and guards against legal risks involving the organization
• Works to ensure budget compliance and avoids the need for outside counsel
• Ensures disclosure of potentially material legal issues to senior leadership
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications
• Member in Good Standing of State Bar
• High School Grad / GED
• Juris Doctorate
• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications
• None

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Legal/Regulatory/External Affairs
Organization: Gexa Energy, LP
Relocation Provided: No

About NextEra Energy

A growth-oriented limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc., NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) acquires, manages, and owns contracted clean energy projects with stable, long-term cash flows. They own interests in wind and solar projects in North America, as well as natural gas infrastructure assets in Texas. Renewable energy projects are fully contracted, use technology, and are located in regions that are favorable for generating energy from the wind and sun. The seven natural gas pipelines in the portfolio are all strategically located, serving power producers and municipalities in South Texas, processing plants and producers in the Eagle Ford Shale, and commercial and industrial customers in the Houston area. The NET Mexico Pipeline, the largest pipeline in the portfolio, provides a critical source of natural gas transportation for low-cost, U.S.-sourced shale gas to Mexico.

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Learn more about NextEra Energy
Size
15,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$51 million
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+4.9%
Revenue
$917 million
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