Rich Noland is an energy regulatory attorney with more than 40 years of experience. He practices before several state and federal regulatory agencies, including the Texas Public Utility Commission, the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Rich advises clients on both natural gas and electric regulatory matters and regularly represents parties in litigated proceedings before regulatory agencies, including rate cases, certificate matters, and rulemakings. Rich represents a variety of clients, including electric utilities, retail electric providers, cogenerators, energy storage operators, large industrial customers, and other companies. Rich also handles court appeals from agency decisions and has argued several cases before several U.S. and state courts.
Recent representation includes serving as lead counsel for an electric utility proposing to construct high-voltage transmission lines that would permit wind energy developers in the Texas Panhandle to deliver renewable power to major Texas cities. Rich is also representing a utility seeking to transition its customers to retail competition. His appellate experience includes arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Circuits, and in Texas state courts.
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In the News
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Consortium Selected by Energy Future Holdings as Plan for Bankruptcy Solution (August 28, 2015)
Bloomberg Law
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Press Releases
19 Eversheds Sutherland Practice Areas, 59 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2018 Chambers USA (May 3, 2018)
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that 19 practices and 59 attorneys have earned recognition in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers ...
Four Eversheds Sutherland Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year; 80 Lawyers Recognized in 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (August 15, 2017)
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that four attorneys have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields by The Best Lawyers in America, and 80 attorneys have been ...
20 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Practice Areas, 56 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2017 Chambers USA (May 26, 2017)
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that 20 practices and 56 attorneys at the firm earned recognition in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. ...
Six Sutherland Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year; 81 Lawyers Recognized in 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (August 15, 2016)
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce that that six attorneys have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields by The Best Lawyers in ...
21 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Practice Areas, 56 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2016 Chambers USA (May 27, 2016)
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP announces that 21 practices and 56 attorneys at the firm earned recognition in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers USA, a ...
Five Sutherland Partners Named “Lawyer of the Year” 82 Lawyers Recognized in 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (August 17, 2015)
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce that five partners have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year in their respective fields by The Best Lawyers in America, ...
14 Sutherland Practice Areas, 62 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2015 Legal 500 United States (June 4, 2015)
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce that 14 practice areas and 62 attorneys have been ranked in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500 United States, a ...
21 Sutherland Practice Areas, 59 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2015 Chambers USA (May 19, 2015)
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announces that 21 practices and 59 attorneys at the firm earned recognition in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for ...
Three Sutherland Partners Named “Lawyer of the Year,” 83 Lawyers Recognized in 2015 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (November 3, 2014)
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce that three partners have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year in their respective fields by The Best Lawyers in America, ...
21 Sutherland Practice Areas, 56 Attorneys Named Among Nation’s Best in 2014 Chambers USA (May 23, 2014)
ATLANTA-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announces that 21 practices and 56 attorneys at the firm earned recognition in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. ...
Awards and Rankings
Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of energy: regulatory (2015)
Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of electricity regulation and litigation (2011-2018)
Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of energy law (2008-2020)
Selected for inclusion in Texas’ Best Lawyers, Houston Edition (2008)
