Principal Attorney

NextEra Energy • Juno Beach, FL • 1w ago

Principal Attorney

Date: Oct 13, 2025

Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408

Company: NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

In 2025, NextEra Energy was named No. 1 overall among electric and gas utilities on Fortune's 2025 list of "World's Most Admired Companies." This is the 17th time in the last 19 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 an exceptional attorney 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's utilities, as well as its various generation and transmission companies in state 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 regulated and competitive generation and transmission businesses 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 approvals, compliance, acquisitions and permitting for regulated utilities and competitive transmission, renewable and conventional generation projects. Representation, which will include the drafting of motions, discovery, and briefs, defending and cross-examining witnesses, in state public utility commission proceedings. Support the submitting competitive transmission bids in ISO/RTOs. Review and analyze proposed state legislation that impacts utilities or transmission and generation projects.

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.

This is a fully onsite opportunity based out of our Juno Beach, FL HQ.

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. Clickto learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Legal/Regulatory/External Affairs

Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies . Please see ourfor more information.

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