Noah previously held the position of General Counsel of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). In this role from 2014 through 2019, Noah was a senior member of New York State’s energy team and guided policy formation and designed program structures related to New York’s Clean Energy Standard, Offshore Wind program, large-scale renewable energy credit program, the NY Green Bank, NY-Sun solar program, and programmatic and regulatory frameworks for the state's electric vehicles, community solar, energy storage, Property Assessed Clean Energy, building efficiency and related initiatives.

Before joining NYSERDA, Noah was Senior Advisor to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy, where he provided legal counsel to the Office of the Secretary with respect to matters relating to the Department’s Loan Programs Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and also interfaced directly with the Office of Management and Budget, Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department Office of Tax Policy, Domestic Policy Council, Council on Environmental Quality, congressional staff members and others