Principal Attorney
Xcel Energy · Denver Metropolitan Area · 1 mo ago
Legal$148k–$211k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes a Position Summary, Essential Responsibilities, Minimum Requirements, Preferred Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, maybe Schedule (hybrid work model). Also maybe About the company? The instructions: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
Thus we need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- About the role: maybe the Position Summary (the paragraph after "Position Summary").
- Responsibilities: Essential Responsibilities (list of bullet-like sentences). Could be turned into
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- Requirements: Minimum Requirements (list). Could be
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- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (list). Could be
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- Skills: maybe not explicit; but we have "Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills" as part of Preferred Qualifications; but we could include under Qualifications.
- Benefits: The posting lists benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Long Term Incentive, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave. So we can include Benefits section.
- Pay: The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year. So include Pay section.
- Schedule: The posting mentions hybrid work model: "Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs." That's schedule info. So include Schedule section.
We also have some other paragraphs: company description at top, culture, values, etc. Might be considered "About the role"? Or maybe we could include an "About the company" but not required. The instructions say use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include About the role (position summary). Possibly also include a brief About the company? Not required; but we could incorporate company description into About the role? The instructions: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". They didn't forbid adding other headings not listed, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those headings.
Thus we will produce:
About the role
Position summary paragraph.
Responsibilities
- ... each responsibility as list item.
Requirements
- ... each minimum requirement.
Qualifications
- ... each preferred qualification.
Benefits
- ... each benefit.
Pay
$148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year
Schedule
Hybrid work model; many roles expected onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday), but expectations vary by role, team, and business needs.
We must ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's extract exact text.
Position Summary: "This role is for a position on the Xcel Energy Commercial Projects legal team, which supports the Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams. This position focuses on renewal energy projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology initiatives, and works cross-functionally to structure, negotiate, and execute complex transactions. The role also provides legal counsel to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries and manages outside counsel."
We need to keep that exactly.
Essential Responsibilities: list of sentences each starting with a verb. Let's copy them:
- Provides leadership and counsel to Xcel Energy management on complex legal, business, and strategic matters.
- Serve as transactional counsel, supporting Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams, advising on strategic renewable energy and emerging technology transactions, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, and general transactional matters.
- Provide legal support for renewable energy and large load/data center projects, including, but not limited to, development transfer agreements, build-transfer agreements, electric service agreements, and power purchase agreements.
- Draft and negotiate transactional documents related to renewable energy and large load/data center projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology, and other general transactional matters.
- Partner cross-functionally across the enterprise to execute transactions aligned with company strategy.
- Identify, assess, and communicate legal, regulatory, and commercial risks and provide general transactional and M&A legal support to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries.
Note: Some have inconsistent verb forms (Serve vs Provide). We'll keep as is.
Minimum Requirements:
- Juris Doctorate degree from ABA accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice, or able to be licensed to practice on reciprocity within a reasonable timeframe of accepting the position, where the position is located.
- 6-10 years of practice in corporate law department, law firm, government practice or equivalent legal experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Utility M&A and/or large load/data center projects transactional experience
- Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills
- Licensed to practice law in Minnesota or Colorado
Benefits list: Let's copy exactly as in posting:
- Annual Incentive Program
- Long Term Incentive
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave
Pay: "The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year"
Schedule: "Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs."
We could combine into one paragraph.
Now ensure no boilerplate: we removed EEO, accommodation request, etc.
We must output only HTML fragment, no or , no markdown fences.
Thus final answer:
About the role
This role is for a position on the Xcel Energy Commercial Projects legal team, which supports the Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams. This position focuses on renewal energy projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology initiatives, and works cross-functionally to structure, negotiate, and execute complex transactions. The role also provides legal counsel to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries and manages outside counsel.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership and counsel to Xcel Energy management on complex legal, business, and strategic matters.
- Serve as transactional counsel, supporting Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams, advising on strategic renewable energy and emerging technology transactions, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, and general transactional matters.
- Provide legal support for renewable energy and large load/data center projects, including, but not limited to, development transfer agreements, build-transfer agreements, electric service agreements, and power purchase agreements.
- Draft and negotiate transactional documents related to renewable energy and large load/data center projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology, and other general transactional matters.
- Partner cross-functionally across the enterprise to execute transactions aligned with company strategy.
- Identify, assess, and communicate legal, regulatory, and commercial risks and provide general transactional and M&A legal support to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate degree from ABA accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice, or able to be licensed to practice on reciprocity within a reasonable timeframe of accepting the position, where the position is located.
- 6-10 years of practice in corporate law department, law firm, government practice or equivalent legal experience.
Qualifications
- Utility M&A and/or large load/data center projects transactional experience
- Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills
- Licensed to practice law in Minnesota or Colorado
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Long Term Incentive
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave
Pay
The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $2
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Thus we need to decide which sections to include based on content. We have: - About the role: maybe the Position Summary (the paragraph after "Position Summary"). - Responsibilities: Essential Responsibilities (list of bullet-like sentences). Could be turned into
- .
- Requirements: Minimum Requirements (list). Could be
- .
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (list). Could be
- .
- Skills: maybe not explicit; but we have "Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills" as part of Preferred Qualifications; but we could include under Qualifications.
- Benefits: The posting lists benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Long Term Incentive, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave. So we can include Benefits section.
- Pay: The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year. So include Pay section.
- Schedule: The posting mentions hybrid work model: "Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs." That's schedule info. So include Schedule section.
We also have some other paragraphs: company description at top, culture, values, etc. Might be considered "About the role"? Or maybe we could include an "About the company" but not required. The instructions say use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include About the role (position summary). Possibly also include a brief About the company? Not required; but we could incorporate company description into About the role? The instructions: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". They didn't forbid adding other headings not listed, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those headings.
Thus we will produce:
About the role
Position summary paragraph.
Responsibilities
- ... each responsibility as list item.
Requirements
- ... each minimum requirement.
Qualifications
- ... each preferred qualification.
Benefits
- ... each benefit.
Pay
$148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year
Schedule
Hybrid work model; many roles expected onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday), but expectations vary by role, team, and business needs.
We must ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's extract exact text. Position Summary: "This role is for a position on the Xcel Energy Commercial Projects legal team, which supports the Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams. This position focuses on renewal energy projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology initiatives, and works cross-functionally to structure, negotiate, and execute complex transactions. The role also provides legal counsel to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries and manages outside counsel." We need to keep that exactly. Essential Responsibilities: list of sentences each starting with a verb. Let's copy them: - Provides leadership and counsel to Xcel Energy management on complex legal, business, and strategic matters. - Serve as transactional counsel, supporting Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams, advising on strategic renewable energy and emerging technology transactions, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, and general transactional matters. - Provide legal support for renewable energy and large load/data center projects, including, but not limited to, development transfer agreements, build-transfer agreements, electric service agreements, and power purchase agreements. - Draft and negotiate transactional documents related to renewable energy and large load/data center projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology, and other general transactional matters. - Partner cross-functionally across the enterprise to execute transactions aligned with company strategy. - Identify, assess, and communicate legal, regulatory, and commercial risks and provide general transactional and M&A legal support to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries. Note: Some have inconsistent verb forms (Serve vs Provide). We'll keep as is. Minimum Requirements: - Juris Doctorate degree from ABA accredited law school. - Licensed to practice, or able to be licensed to practice on reciprocity within a reasonable timeframe of accepting the position, where the position is located. - 6-10 years of practice in corporate law department, law firm, government practice or equivalent legal experience. Preferred Qualifications: - Utility M&A and/or large load/data center projects transactional experience - Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills - Licensed to practice law in Minnesota or Colorado Benefits list: Let's copy exactly as in posting: - Annual Incentive Program - Long Term Incentive - Medical/Pharmacy Plan - Dental - Vision - Life Insurance - Dependent Care Reimbursement Account - Health Care Reimbursement Account - Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan) - Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA) - Transportation Reimbursement Account - Short-term disability (STD) - Long-term disability (LTD) - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan) - Tuition reimbursement - Transit programs - Employee recognition program - Pension - 401(k) plan - Paid time off (PTO) - Holidays - Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO) - Parental Leave Pay: "The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year" Schedule: "Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs." We could combine into one paragraph. Now ensure no boilerplate: we removed EEO, accommodation request, etc. We must output only HTML fragment, no or , no markdown fences. Thus final answer:About the role
This role is for a position on the Xcel Energy Commercial Projects legal team, which supports the Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams. This position focuses on renewal energy projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology initiatives, and works cross-functionally to structure, negotiate, and execute complex transactions. The role also provides legal counsel to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries and manages outside counsel.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership and counsel to Xcel Energy management on complex legal, business, and strategic matters.
- Serve as transactional counsel, supporting Xcel Energy Corporate Development and Large Load/Data Center teams, advising on strategic renewable energy and emerging technology transactions, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, and general transactional matters.
- Provide legal support for renewable energy and large load/data center projects, including, but not limited to, development transfer agreements, build-transfer agreements, electric service agreements, and power purchase agreements.
- Draft and negotiate transactional documents related to renewable energy and large load/data center projects, electric service agreements, power purchase agreements, emerging technology, and other general transactional matters.
- Partner cross-functionally across the enterprise to execute transactions aligned with company strategy.
- Identify, assess, and communicate legal, regulatory, and commercial risks and provide general transactional and M&A legal support to Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate degree from ABA accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice, or able to be licensed to practice on reciprocity within a reasonable timeframe of accepting the position, where the position is located.
- 6-10 years of practice in corporate law department, law firm, government practice or equivalent legal experience.
Qualifications
- Utility M&A and/or large load/data center projects transactional experience
- Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills
- Licensed to practice law in Minnesota or Colorado
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Long Term Incentive
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave
Pay
The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $2
- .
- Skills: maybe not explicit; but we have "Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills" as part of Preferred Qualifications; but we could include under Qualifications.
- Benefits: The posting lists benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Long Term Incentive, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave. So we can include Benefits section.
- Pay: The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $148,400.00 to $210,733.00 per year. So include Pay section.
- Schedule: The posting mentions hybrid work model: "Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs." That's schedule info. So include Schedule section.
We also have some other paragraphs: company description at top, culture, values, etc. Might be considered "About the role"? Or maybe we could include an "About the company" but not required. The instructions say use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include About the role (position summary). Possibly also include a brief About the company? Not required; but we could incorporate company description into About the role? The instructions: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". They didn't forbid adding other headings not listed, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those headings.
Thus we will produce:
- .
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (list). Could be