For more than 30 years Louis Monacell has represented and advised clients in electricity, natural gas, water, telecommunications and other public utility law matters. He has served as lead counsel for industrial, commercial, and governmental users of electricity, natural gas, and water services in negotiations with public utilities and before public service commissions, such as FERC and state commissions in Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. He has represented foreign and domestic investors in acquiring utilities regulated by the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and he also has represented competitive retail electricity providers, retail natural gas marketers, independent power producers, qualifying facilities, industrial companies with onsite generation, as well as telecommunications and cable companies.
PRACTICE AREAS
ADMISSIONS
CLERKSHIP
Industrial, Commercial and Governmental Users
Utilities, Renewable and Independent Power Producers, Industrial Onsite Generating and Qualifying Facilities
Telecommunications and Cable Companies
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1976
College of William & Mary, B.A., 1971
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Virginia State Bar
• Chair, Administrative Law Section, 2012-2013
• Past Chair, Antitrust, Franchise, and Trade Regulation Section
Energy Bar Association
• Member, Southern Chapter
• Past President, East Central Chapter
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Christian Counseling Training Center
• Certified Biblical Counselor
United States Army
• Former soldier, two years' service in South Korea and Texas
Kanawha Youth Football Association
• Former President
Douglas Freeman High School PTA
• Former President
The Best Lawyers in America©
• Energy Law, Communications Law, 2007-2022
Virginia Super Lawyers
• Energy & Natural Resources, 2007-2016