SKILL ROADMAP 62 · SPECIALISED LEGAL FIELDS

Energy Law

Electricity law → Regulators → Power purchase agreements → Renewable energy → Oil and gas → Disputes

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1 What this path is

Energy lawyers advise on electricity, renewable energy, oil and gas projects, their contracts and their regulation.

The work involves regulatory practice, project contracts and tariff disputes.

Learn electricity law.
Learn: the Electricity Act 2003.
Practise: by mapping generation, transmission and distribution.
Learn regulators.
Learn: the roles of CERC, state regulatory commissions and APTEL.
Practise: by analysing a tariff order.
Learn power purchase agreements.
Learn: key PPA clauses on tariff, payment security and termination.
Practise: by reviewing a sample PPA.
Learn renewable energy.
Learn: renewable energy policies, open access and carbon markets under the Energy Conservation Act 2001 as amended.
Practise: by writing a note on a renewable energy policy.
Learn oil and gas.
Learn: upstream contracts and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.
Practise: by mapping the regulators for oil and gas.
Learn disputes.
Learn: tariff disputes and energy arbitration.
Practise: by writing a case comment on an APTEL decision.

You handle energy projects and disputes independently.

These checklists are for honest self assessment. They are not an official certification.

Energy practices, regulatory chambers and energy companies.

Reviews and analyses.