Akshay Jaitly on India's Energy Sector Challenges, Reforms, and Future Pathways

Today my guest is Akshay Jaitly, one of the founders of Trilegal, one of India’s leading law firms. He specializes in advising on energy and infrastructure projects. His research interests include power sector reform, the energy transition and public-private contracting.

We talked about the top-down nature of electricity regulation and pricing in India, the dysfunctional DISCOMS, the reforms required for an energy transition towards renewables and nuclear energy, and much more.

Recorded February 11th, 2025.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:06 - Electricity in India

00:15:31 - DISCOMs

00:41:26 - Open Access

00:44:31 - Expanding Capacity

00:46:52 - Renewable Energy

00:50:04 - Technology Diffusion

00:59:11 - Nuclear Power

01:17:18 - Outro