Catherine Ayallore

Senior Research Associate, Energy Transitions

catherine@sustainablefutures.org

Catherine Ayallore is a Senior Research Associate in the Energy Transitions team, at the Sustainable Futures Collaborative. She is currently working on regulatory and governance aspects of energy transition, with a focus on subnational preparedness for energy transition. Her other research interests include renewable energy growth at the national and sub-national levels as well as the regulatory and institutional response to energy transition and climate change. Catherine holds a degree in law (B.A. LL.B.) from Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. Prior to joining Sustainable Futures Collaborative, she worked with the Initiative on Climate, Energy and Environment (ICEE) at Centre for Policy Research on a multi-sectoral, multi-state project to understand state-level plans, actions, and governance processes towards energy transition. She has also worked with the Regulatory and Policy team at one of India’s leading law firms, J. Sagar Associates, New Delhi. She advised clients in the Energy (Thermal, Renewable and Hydro) and Gas sectors in disputes involving constitutional, commercial, infrastructure as well as regulatory issues. She has appeared before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity as well as State Electricity Regulatory Commissions.

Publications

Reports

Energy Transitions

Energy Transitions Preparedness Initiative: Buildings Sector

Deepak Tewari, Rushabh Soni et al.

ETPI | 28 May 2024

This study aims to understand the energy transition preparedness of the buildings sector of 10 states in India and highlights good examples from the states.

SFC Perspectives

Adaptation and Resilience

Climate Policy

Energy Transitions

Environmental Governance and Policy

SFC Perspectives on Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Policy, Energy Transitions, and Environmental Governance and Policy

SFC

SFC | 19 March 2024

SFC Perspectives are intended to stimulate discussion by providing an overview of key issues and avenues for action to inform India's sustainable development trajectory.

SFC Perspectives

Energy Transitions

Enabling the Energy Transition: Technology, politics & institutions in India’s energy system

Ashwini K Swain, Sarada Prasanna Das, Suravee Nayak, Catherine Ayallore and Navroz K Dubash

SFC | 18 March 2024

Our research and engagements at SFC focus on rethinking the configuration of technology, politics and institutions in Indian energy as a necessary complement to techno-economic solutions for enabling the transition.

Opinions

Energy Transitions

Why India’s Framework to Bank Renewable Energy Needs To Be Stronger

Catherine Ayallore

The Wire: Science | 22 August 2022

A technological solution to renewable energy source's intermittency is the physical storage of energy. Thus, storage technologies are critical to a transition to RE heavy energy systems.

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