Principal Attorney - Energy Advisory

NextEra Energy Resources; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy Resources in Houston, TX, seeks a Principal Attorney - Energy Advisory to lead legal support for its residential solar business and related regulatory matters. This role focuses on advising business leaders, drafting responses, and managing regulatory inquiries while ensuring consumer protection compliance.

The attorney will handle complex matters, collaborate with senior leadership, and oversee contracts and vendor agreements, leveraging experience in litigation, consumer

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

Job description

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Principal Attorney - Energy Advisory

Date: Jul 31, 2026

Location(s): Houston, TX, US, 77002

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 96542

At Gexa Energy, a NextEra Energy Resources company, we provide reliable low-cost energy solutions. Focused on customer satisfaction, we offer innovative electricity plans tailored to the diverse needs of Texas homes and businesses. If you're passionate about making a difference in the energy industry and delivering exceptional customer experiences, join our team today.

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

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

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.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

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