Overview
This role involves serving as a senior lawyer and principal legal advisor handling complex legal matters and projects for non-nuclear generation assets. The position supports day-to-day operations across the East Coast and Midwest and provides strategic guidance on a broad range of operational, commercial, regulatory, and transactional legal issues.
Responsibilities
- Serve as principal legal advisor supporting the day-to-day operation of non-nuclear generation assets on the East Coast and Mid-West.
- Partner with operations leadership, commercial teams, engineering, environmental, asset management, and legal subject matter experts to identify legal and commercial risk early and develop creative, business-oriented strategies that enable safe and reliable operations.
- Advise on compliance, environmental, financial, real property, tax, commercial, and corporate issues.
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on complex operational agreements, including:
- Co-generation steam and energy supply
- Fuel supply
- O&M
- LTSA
- Procurement
- Construction
- Real estate agreements
- Provide strategic legal support during planned outages, forced outages, emergency operations events, major equipment failures, and restoration activities.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and asset integrations, including due diligence, transaction documentation, and regulatory approvals.
- Manage outside counsel to maximize benefits and minimize costs.
- Develop familiarity (not primary responsibility) with federal and wholesale power market regulatory matters associated with these power plants, including PJM, ISO-NE, and NYISO, and support related compliance efforts.
- Collaborate with legal department subject matter experts (Operations, Environmental Health & Safety, Construction/Engineering, Government and Regulatory, Trading and Origination, Tax, Accounting, and Public Relations/Corporate Communications) to develop practical legal solutions that support fleet optimization.
- Build trusted relationships across all levels of the organization by translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable business advice.
Requirements
- 8 years of professional experience in a specialized area of law.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly (orally and in writing) and analyze legal materials and data.
- Excellent legal research and analytical abilities, with knowledge of federal and/or state law.
- Comprehensive knowledge of legal principles, practices, and procedures, with the ability to apply them to complex assignments.
- An LLB or JD from an accredited law school and licensure to practice law in the relevant jurisdictions.
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years of practicing commercial law in a law firm or corporation, including substantial experience providing commercial legal support to power generation assets or energy infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of power generation operations in PJM, ISO-NE, and NYISO.
- Experience serving as the primary legal advisor to plant operations, commercial and asset management teams.
Compensation & Benefits
- Expected salary range: $192,600 to $214,000 (varies based on experience).
- Bonus program for eligible employees.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Employee stock purchase program.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, including wellbeing programs.
- Disability and life insurance benefits.
- Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days.
Location
East Coast and Mid-West (support for non-nuclear generation assets).