Senior Regulatory Attorney

Requisition ID:  70981 

NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and a world leader in battery storage. We provide energy-related products and services that grow our economy, protect the environment, support our communities and help customers meet their energy needs. We are leading the decarbonization of the U.S. economy with our goal to reach Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in creating a cleaner environment for future generations? Join our world-class, innovative team today.

Position Specific Description

During 2017, NextEra Energy was named No. 1 overall among electric and gas utilities on Fortune's 2017 list of "World's Most Admired Companies." This is the 10th time in 11 years that the company has received this honor.    

Our company’s values are:

• We are committed to excellence
• We do the right thing
• We treat people with respect

NextEra Energy is seeking two exceptional attorneys to join NextEra’s state regulatory legal group, within the company’s 100 lawyer law department at the company’s headquarters in Juno Beach, located in beautiful and tropical northern Palm Beach County, Florida.   

NextEra’s state regulatory legal group has a fast-paced, challenging and cutting-edge practice.  In this position, the attorney would advise and represent NextEra Energy Transmission, a leading competitive transmission company, in regulatory proceedings in the United States and Canada.    

We are looking for versatile, problem-solving, top-of-the-industry state electric regulatory attorney to focus on supporting NextEra’s competitive transmission business and growing water utility business with more than three years’ experience preferred, whose credentials should include: 

• Training and experience from a top national utility-side state regulatory administrative litigation law firm, public utility commission, and/or in-house practice;
• A track record of successful hands-on representation of state public utility commission  administrative litigation proceedings;
• An outstanding academic background; and
• A body of legal work demonstrating ethical, innovative, and disciplined approaches to winning regulatory legal proceedings and successfully addressing important and complex regulatory legal problems.

            Typical duties and tasks would include, but not be limited, to:

•           Provide state public utility commission advice regarding regulated competitive electric transmission, renewable wind and solar energy, and water utility approvals, compliance, permitting, and acquisitions.

•           Representation, which will include the drafting of motions, discovery, and briefs, defending and cross-examining witnesses, in state public utility commission proceedings related to, among others, the permitting of transmission, wind, and solar, as well as utility asset acquisitions, compliance, and rate matters.

•           Support the submitting competitive transmission bids in ISO/RTOs.

•           Review and analyze proposed state legislation that impacts competitive electric transmission, renewable energy, acquisitions, and water utilities.    

Bachelor's and J.D. degrees with excellent academic performance and three (3) or more years of relevant legal experience is preferred. 

Candidates should be licensed to practice law in Florida or eligible to qualify for a Florida Authorized House Counsel certificate under Florida Supreme Court rules.

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Legal/Regulatory/External Affairs
Organization:  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

Where permitted by applicable law, NextEra Energy requires all employees and new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination on or before the first day of employment.

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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