Associate / Consultant Job in Delhi at Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

CEEW is hiring for the role of Programme Associate - Power Markets!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Work across teams to conceptualise and conduct research studies on understanding the impact of road transport electrification on the power grid in India.
• Work with cross-disciplinary datasets and quantitative and qualitative methods to design and assess strategies for managing energy demand for EV charging.
• Use open-source tools, such as Python-based modelling and simulation tools, to analyse the techno-economic impact of electricity demand-side management strategies on consumers, electricity distribution companies (discoms) and the electricity grid in general.
• Assess the impact of innovative tariff designs and incentives on the electricity demand, especially EV charging behaviour.
• Support government and industry engagements on policy levers to meet India's road transport electrification goals through primary and secondary research.
• Generate and disseminate knowledge and findings from studies through presentations, high-quality research reports, memos, opinion pieces, videos, etc., with the help of CEEW's outreach team.
• Write and prepare research reports/papers/presentations/fact sheets and other communication material to convey the research findings to diverse stakeholders.
• Build strong networks of trust and relationships with key stakeholders in the sector, including government officials, regulators and civil society organisations.
• Keep a tab on current discourse/research on the power sector and EV ecosystem in the national and global contexts and come up with innovative ideas to better understand, measure, monitor, communicate and (ultimately) improve the power supply situation in the country.
• Travel to project sites to conduct interviews or collect data for research.

Requirements:

• Completed a Master's degree or PhD. in power system operations/public policy/regulatory governance or related programmes
• Keen interest in policy analysis, regulations, and governance
• 3-4 years of work experience in design consultancy or research on studying the impact of transport electrification on energy demand
• Strong quantitative research skills
• Proficiency in R/Stata or Python-based tools and platforms for operational modelling and statistical analysis
• Insightful and concise writing in English
• Proficient in MS Excel and MS Word