Manager - Regulatory Affairs

Role & responsibilities

• Develop good relation with policy makers in Central Government, Regulatory Authority, officers of various state governments energy department, Private Sector Power Producers, State Electricity Board and Intermediaries SECI & NTPC and DISCOMs.
• Understand the implication of existing Government Policies, Rules & regulations formulated by different Central and State Regulators
• Keeping abreast with changes in Regulatory regime at Central and State level.
• Expediting Tariff Adoption, Trading Margin & Procurement approval from CERC & SERCs.
• Analysis of PPAs/PSAs, Bidding documents etc from Regulatory impact perspective.
• Interfacing at APTEL, CERC, SECI and NTPC.
• Provide regulatory support to Commercial, Business Development, ISTS Grid, Project Development, O&M functions etc.
• Liaison with Govt. Bodies to get NOC for Trading of Power.
• Adhere to CERC and GERC guidelines
• Keep track of various regulatory developments in Indian power sector and update prospective & current members/clients about the relevant developments.
• All Correspondence with Ministry of Power/Planning Commission/Standing Committee etc. Setting up and development of power trading and renewable energy certificate (REC) businesses for the company.
• Liaison with all Central & State Government agencies such as CERC, NLDC, SLDCs, and SERCs on regular basis for getting open access, power scheduling, accreditation, registration & issuance of RECs.
• Study and analysis of national and state level policies. Analysis of state level regulations for open access, developing contacts and negotiating for inter-state and intra-state power trading through exchange and bilateral market.
• In-depth understanding and regular updates on the functioning of power exchanges for physical power and REC market.
• Responsible for handling all regulatory affairs related to power trading and REC for the company.
• Prepared contracts for power trading & REC after analyzing the entire legal framework involved for the company.