ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Sector Challenges
Entities across the energy and natural resources landscape navigate:
- Large-scale land acquisition and land aggregation challenges for mega power parks and strategic reserves.
- Complex regulatory tariff determinations, change in law claims, and late payment surcharges (LPS).
- Grid connectivity delays, open access restrictions, and Renewable Purchase Obligation RPO mandates.
- Price volatility, long-term GSPA and GTA enforcement, and cross-country pipeline rights.
- Strict environmental compliance, carbon emission standards, and ESG integration.
- Civil nuclear liability risks, supplier exposure, and regulatory integration under the SHANTI Act 2025.
How BSA Assists
- Land Aggregation and Clearances: Navigating land aggregation for utility-scale energy projects, tribal land restrictions, and forest and environmental clearances.
- Regulatory Advocacy: Representing clients in tariff determination, open access, and compliance proceedings before CERC, SERCs, PNGRB, and APTEL.
- Contractual Enforcement: Structuring and enforcing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Gas Sale and Purchase Agreements GSPAs, Transmission Service Agreements TSAs, and Joint Operating Agreements JOAs.
- Strategic Nuclear and Clean Energy Advisory: Mitigating liability for equipment vendors, technology providers, and power producers navigating nuclear safety norms, supplier exposure, and modern energy reforms under the SHANTI Act 2025.
- High Stakes Dispute Resolution: Managing multi-crore energy arbitrations, price revision litigations, and regulatory appeals before appellate tribunals and constitutional courts.
01 — Tariff Optimization
Secures full cost recovery in tariff true-up petitions and Change in Law claims, ensuring regulatory orders account for carrying costs and interest during construction.02 — Contract Stability
Restrains Discoms and public buyers from arbitrarily terminating long-term PPAs or unilaterally reducing contracted tariffs.03 — Supplier Liability Insulation
Structures indemnity, capacity-based liability caps, and insurance pool mechanisms for strategic energy equipment manufacturers under the SHANTI Act 2025 regime.
BSA Value Addition Across the Lifecycle
01 — Power Generation
Thermal, Hydro, Solar & Wind Power Generation02 — Power Transmission
Inter-State & Intra-State Power Transmission Networks03 — Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Upstream Exploration, Midstream Pipelines & Downstream City Gas Distribution (CGD)04 — Nuclear & Strategic Energy
Nuclear Power Generation, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) & Strategic Fuel Infrastructure
