Sushanta Chatterjee

Sushanta Chatterjee is Joint Chief of Regulatory Affairs at the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) of India. He has long experience of dealing with power sector reforms, especially, Regulatory Reforms since its inception in 1998.
He was actively involved in institutionalization of independent electricity regulatory commission in India and he has been instrumental in evolution of and contributed to the enactment of the epoch making Electricity Act, 2003. he also made original contribution to conceptualisation of Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism, grid integration of renewable energy and complementary market design in India. He is a post doctoral research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, USA and has a PhD in Management and MBA in Finance.

Meeting the renewable revolution: A roadmap for electricity market design in India
The Indian power system has transitioned over the last two decades from being solely government-owned, to one characterised by increasing private ownership of assets, independent regulation, and market signals. However, the current market design faces constraints that raise the cost of power and decrease its reliability for consumers.
