Senior Corporate Counsel, Voltus
$150-170k
Plus equity and 10-15% bonus paid annually
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Distributed energy resource connection and management
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Distributed energy resource connection and management
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-170k
Plus equity and 10-15% bonus paid annually
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To be the distributed energy platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for a commercial attorney with deep experience in the energy markets space, including direct experience negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts
- If you are a self-starter with laser-focused attention to detail who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; strong academic credentials
- Minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience in the energy industry (required)
- Direct experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts and related transactions (required)
- Extensive experience drafting, preparing, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly energy storage, PPAs, tolling agreements, strategic partnership, and product agreements
- Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, ISO/RTO structures, and regulatory frameworks governing distributed energy resources and energy storage
- Experience with behind-the-meter or C&I-sited storage, and with storage participating in demand response or wholesale capacity/ancillary services markets is strongly preferred
- Strong problem solving, innovation, and collaboration skills, as well as business acumen
- Ability to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues
- Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail
- Able to perform quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multitask and manage deadlines
- Experience working in Google Drive, Salesforce, Adobe PDF, Ironclad, and DocuSign strongly preferred but not required
What the job involves
- The Voltus Legal Team is growing and looking for a senior in-house energy attorney who is passionate about combating climate change
- Your primary responsibilities will include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial, partnership, and energy storage agreements, assessing potential risks, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations
- Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of energy and commercial contracts, including battery energy storage system (BESS) agreements, tolling agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), interconnection agreements, BESS equipment supply agreements, battery-specific safety, decommissioning, and end-of-life obligations, and other distributed energy resource contracts
- Serve as senior legal advisor on structuring, negotiating, and closing battery storage and other energy storage transactions, working closely with commercial, engineering, and finance teams
- Advise the sales and partnership teams on legal implications, risks, and opportunities associated with various commercial structures under consideration, and support those teams in achieving commercial objectives consistent with legal risk tolerance
- Provide substantive guidance on regulatory and market-specific issues affecting energy storage and demand response transactions across ISO/RTO markets (e.g., PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO), including storage participation models under FERC Order Nos. 841 and 2222
- Utilize and build upon deep knowledge of legal issues relating to energy regulatory matters, IP, data use, privacy, and labor and employment law
- Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, training, and operational guidance for storage and commercial contracting
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the legal team on contract negotiation and energy industry matters
- Work closely with teams across sales operations, product, finance, marketing, field operations, regulatory, and engineering to ensure terms align with company objectives and priorities
- Help develop processes to ensure ongoing compliance with contractual commitments and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice to help client teams navigate issues that may arise
- Define and implement best practices around workflow and process to further scale the legal department
- Assist with ad-hoc legal matters as needed
Our take
The push towards green energy, combined with a sharp pivot away from traditional energy sources like natural gas, has accelerated the development and commercialisation of new electrical supply solutions. One such solution is the leveraging of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs): small-scale supply or demand resources that can be hooked up to the electric grid to help meet (or ease) demand.
Voltus helps broker this connection between DERs and the grid, allowing commercial owners of DERs to connect them to all the wholesale electricity markets in Canada and the US, and thereby gain and manage a potentially substantial additional income stream.
Voltus doesn’t manage as much load as competitors in the space like Enel X and CPower, but with its 2021 SPAC funding, it’s aggressively driving to capture more of what’s quickly becoming a hefty market opportunity. Behind-the-meter loads like water heaters and AC, and energy sources like microgrids and EV chargers, are increasingly sought after by businesses and land owners, and Voltus is benefitting from partnerships with large businesses such as Madison Square Garden Arena and Western Grain Marketing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2021
$31m
SERIES C
Oct 2020
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $66.1m
Company benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Unlimited leave for full-time employees
- Parental leave
- Comprehensive benefits package to promote health, wellness, and financial security
Company HQ
Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Matthew Plante
(Co-Founder & President)Spent time as VP of Sales first at EnerNOC, then at Bidgely. Subsequently served as CEO of EcoFactor.
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