Description:
Job Description:- Unique opportunity to join a diverse, fast-paced and challenging in-house legal department and serve as a principal day-to-day operational attorney for Calpine's Geysers geothermal assets located in the heart of California's wine country, in Lake and Sonoma Counties.
- Broad legal experience preferred, with energy or environmental experience a plus. Will advise on financial, real property, tax, commercial, and corporate issues, surface access and mineral rights, and regional, local, state, and federal regulatory and environmental issues.
- Will draft, review and provide advice regarding all project agreements, from the letters of intent to active geothermal operations and dismantling and shutdown of operations.
- Required to have or develop familiarity but not primary responsibility for federal regulatory matters associated with these power plants (and ability to support associated compliance efforts).
- Familiarity with State Lands Commission and BLM regulations a plus.
- Assist in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence, transaction documentation, regulatory approvals, closing and merger/acquisition integration.
- Handle and analyze procurement agreements, project financings, power purchase agreements, water agreements, electric transmission, power/fuel/ facility interconnection and construction agreements, mineral leases, real property matters, tax matters, CEC, CPUC, CAISO and regional market design issues and other commercial arrangements required by operations and development teams.
- Oversee financing compliance, environmental compliance and regulatory proceedings, challenges and audits and litigation matters arising from time to time.
- Work with business clients, engineers, and earth scientists to provide legal assistance to new development projects, including batteries and emerging geothermal technologies.
- Manage outside counsel to maximize benefit and minimize costs.
- May be requested to provide miscellaneous legal support to some or all Calpine Corporation departments, including Operations, Environmental Health & Safety, Construction/Engineering, Government and Regulatory, Trading and Origination, Tax, Accounting and Public Relations/ Corporate Communications.
- Excellent opportunity to be part of the sophisticated, creative and congenial Western Region team supporting the largest independent power producer with the largest complex of geothermal energy plants in the world.
Job Requirements:
- Strong academic credentials and law degree.
- CA or NY Bar Membership.
- Typically requires a minimum of seven to ten years' experience practicing commercial law, including corporate and/ or real estate transactions, energy or environmental regulatory law in a law firm or corporation. Commercial and general litigation experience will also be considered.
- Strong analytical skills.
