Principal Regulatory Consultant

Principal Regulatory Consultant

Salary: £55k-£60k

Location: South East

Principal Regulatory ConsultantTo become a senior member in a team of energy economists, regulatory experts, energy markets and power system analysts who provide advisory services to a range of clients from international financial institutions, investment banks, government, regulatory and international agencies, project sponsors & developers, utilities and major energy users. The projects are typically short to medium term assignments i.e. 3 weeks to 18 months. There is likelihood to be a requirement for short term international travel.The existing portfolio of work includes cost benefit analysis of energy projects (generally power/occasionally gas) in the developing world; reviews on market and regulatory risk analysis; the establishment of regulatory frameworks and market rules; power and related (fuel, green credit) market analysis, energy transactions and assets acquisition support in reference to market and regulatory risk; technical assistance and capacity building of regulatory agencies in the developing world; pricing and tariff methodologies.The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to business development activities and assist in driving the business forward winning new projects by leveraging existing networks of industry contacts or developing new ones to support the business plan of the Energy Markets & Regulatory Practice.Of particular interest is the capability of developing the business into the area of network regulation (supporting utilities or regulatory agencies during price reviews) with emphasis in the UK market and the expected developments under the RIIO implementationDegree qualified in Engineering, Economics or related discipline.

Experience in any of:

Electricity or Gas Utilities price reviews, tariff formulation, and regulatory price control.Experience within the UK regulated utilities sector and in particular understanding of the new proposed RIIO model for network regulation.Experience in the regulation of Energy Networks (transmission and/or distribution), regulatory approval of CAPEX and planning process, benchmarking studies, Data Envelopment Analysis, Quality of Service Regulation

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