Noel J. Darce

New Orleans, LA Directions

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016

Awarded Practice Areas

Administrative / Regulatory Law Energy Regulatory Law Utilities Law

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504.556.5506

Awarded Practice Areas

Administrative / Regulatory Law Energy Regulatory Law Utilities Law

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Fishman Haygood LLP

23 Best Lawyers awards

Biography

For nearly four decades, Noel Darce has practiced in utility, regulatory and energy-related law.

Because of his vast experience with a range of energy issues, clients look to him for advice on regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, and FERC regulations implementing those statutes. Legal and strategic issues related to RTO participation, utility mergers and acquisitions, generation expansion, utility bankruptcies, utility contracts and transactions, rate regulation and related litigation are also significant areas of his practice.

Noel appears before state and federal regulatory agencies and the courts.

Locations

New Orleans, Louisiana

504-586-5252

201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 4600
New Orleans, LA 70170-4600

Education

Louisiana State University, J.D., graduated 1983

Bar Admissions

Louisiana, Louisiana Federal and State Courts
Louisiana, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States, United States Supreme Court

Affiliations

American Bar Association - Member
Energy Bar Association - Member
Louisiana State Bar Association - Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers^® for:

Energy Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2025)
Administrative / Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2024)
Energy Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2023)
Energy Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2022)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2026 for work in:

Administrative / Regulatory Law
Energy Regulatory Law
Utilities Law

Additional Areas of Practice:

Energy Law

Case History

Cases

Louisiana Public Service Commission

Represents the Louisiana Public Service Commission in numerous proceedings involving the merger of investor owned and cooperative electric public utilities.
Represents the Louisiana Public Service Commission in proceedings involving the quantification and recoverability of the costs to electric utilities for repair and rebuilding due to damage caused by hurricanes and tropical storms as well as the securitization of those costs.
Represents the Louisiana Public Service Commission in proceedings involving the quantification and recoverability of abandoned plant costs as well as the securitization of those costs.

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