Associate General Counsel - Energy

Meta • Seattle, WA • 1h ago

Summary:

Meta seeks an experienced attorney to join our Energy team as Associate General Counsel. You'll work closely with Meta's Energy Team, whose members are dispersed across the United States. The position is an in office position. As Meta's third energy lawyer, you'll play a crucial role in securing energy for our new and existing data centers. You'll also work on energy and carbon transactions to help Meta achieve its commitment to net-zero emissions.

Required Skills:

Associate General Counsel - Energy Responsibilities:

Collaborate with Meta's Energy Team to secure the essential energy infrastructure for our growing data center portfolio. This includes drafting and negotiating agreements with utilities, generation providers and energy transmission operators to expand their infrastructure for Meta's data center load

Support the procurement of clean and renewable energy for Meta's data centers. Given the geographic variety of our data center portfolio, you'll work with various energy suppliers, including regulated and deregulated utilities, energy co-ops and other providers. These supply arrangements range from basic to "sleeved" and other highly structured energy supply arrangements, including developing new tariffs and programs

Provide in-house legal support for Meta's monitoring and participation in utility regulatory proceedings that affect our energy supply, infrastructure and energy policy goals. This includes supporting regulatory matters impacting Meta's energy access across North America, such as rate cases, rulemakings and resource planning proceedings

Support Meta's CaRE (Clean & Renewable Energy) Team with clean energy procurement including negotiating PPAs and sleeved PPAs, environmental attribute purchase agreements and energy storage agreements

Support Meta's Energy Strategy Team on transactions focused on promoting new clean energy and carbon reduction and capture technologies

Help Meta's Energy Contract Management Team with daily needs related to our portfolio of clean energy and carbon credit agreements

Identify issues and seek guidance from other subject matter experts (e.g., regulatory experts, risk management, finance, tax, etc.)

Hire, closely manage and direct outside counsel

Minimum Qualifications:

Demonstrated drafting and negotiating skills

Solid business judgment and experience thinking strategically

Demonstrated experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects under tight deadlines

Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with a commitment to professionalism, collaboration and collegiality

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of energy and carbon transactions, including sleeved green energy supply arrangements, tariffs for industrial energy consumers (e.g., data center, manufacturing and similar projects), PPAs, environmental attribute purchase agreements, sleeved PPAs and energy storage agreements

Experience monitoring or participating in ratemaking and resource planning proceedings before public utilities commissions

Experience working at or with a technology company

Familiarity with various regulatory regimes that affect energy and commodities transactions

Public Compensation:

$233,000/year to $313,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereo@types, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.

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