Head – Regulatory – Power Sector

Key Responsibilities:

– Manage regulatory affairs and ensure compliance with applicable power sector regulations.

– Handle regulatory proceedings, litigation, petitions, and disputes with relevant authorities and forums.

– Manage end-to-end commercial contracts, including drafting, negotiation, execution, and compliance.

– Manage Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Transmission Service Agreements (TSAs).

– Handle key account management and maintain strong relationships with customers, utilities, regulators, and other stakeholders.

– Monitor contractual obligations, commercial terms, claims, penalties, and payment conditions.

– Prepare and manage revenue budgets, forecasts, and commercial plans.

– Coordinate power scheduling, nominations, deviations, and related commercial activities.

– Monitor energy generation, power sales, availability, scheduling, and revenue realization.

– Analyze regulatory changes and assess their commercial impact on the business.

– Coordinate with legal, finance, operations, business development, and technical teams on commercial and regulatory matters.

– Support management in developing strategies for revenue optimization, contract compliance, and risk mitigation.

– Prepare commercial reports, regulatory submissions, MIS, and management presentations.

Required Skills & Experience:

– Strong experience in Power/Energy sector commercial operations.

– Hands-on experience in regulatory affairs and litigation management.

– Strong knowledge of PPA and TSA management.

– Experience in contract and key account management.

– Understanding of power scheduling and commercial settlement processes.

– Experience in revenue budgeting, forecasting, and financial/commercial analysis.

– Strong understanding of power sector regulations, contractual frameworks, and compliance requirements.

– Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, analytical, and communication skills.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

– Candidates from the Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Renewable Energy, or Power Trading sector with strong exposure to regulatory, commercial, contracts, and PPA/TSA functions would be preferred.

– Experience dealing with regulatory commissions, utilities, DISCOMs, transmission companies, and other power-sector stakeholders will be an added advantage.