• Conduct in-depth research and analysis on legal, policy, regulatory, institutional reforms and market-based mechanisms to increase supply and demand for renewable energy, integrating energy storage, electric mobility, promotion of green hydrogen, end-use decarbonisation and other topics as determined by program leadership.
• Conduct in-depth research (qualitative and quantitative) to understand the linkages between reliable electricity and socio-economic development, multidimensional consequences of renewable energy, governance of electricity and allied sectors and its impact on the acceleration to clean energy, distributive impacts of the clean energy transition on various socio-economic groups and institutions.
• Through high quality research, analysis and critical thinking help the program develop a position on policy issues, how these issues will impact the different stakeholders the program engages.
• Develop templates and frameworks for analysing and studying electricity regulations, tariff orders, and simplified approaches for understanding contracts, procurement orders and similar documents related to the energy sector.
• Collaborate with colleagues from the Energy Program, across WRI and our partners for research and project execution.
• Reading and creating the summary of policy and regulatory documents (including important regulatory petitions, filings and reports), knowledge papers and reports produced by other think tanks, consulting organizations and associations to share and disseminate within the team.
• Write about present and anticipated legal, policy and regulatory challenges facing the energy transition in India.
• Support the team with disseminating key messages from our research findings to audiences in the most appropriate manner.
• Identify relevant topics for knowledge products. Lead and write knowledge products, particularly flagship reports for the program on energy policy and governance.Train program staff in reviewing and understanding regulations, including regulatory filings, petitions and orders.
• Serves as a technical resource to program staff by promoting knowledge transfer and learning opportunities.

• Knowledge of energy sector in India and the region. Prior experience and background in working in energy law, regulatory and policy landscape is necessary.
• Intellectual curiosity. Stay on the top of current on legal and regulatory issues related to the energy transition in India and come up with new ways to think about and address these issues.
• Analytical skills. Use qualitative and quantitative research methods. Apply analytical skills when they collect, evaluate and interpret data and research.
• Critical-thinking skills. Ability to examine and process available information and research on key policy and regulatory reforms (present and anticipated) and draw logical conclusions from their findings.
• Communication skills. Expertise in clearly explaining policies, policy impacts, and recommendations in both spoken and written formats to many different audiences, including colleagues in the program, external stakeholders, team members and policy makers.

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