Head of Market Monitoring division at the Public Utilities Commission since 2019. In the focus of the team are both electricity and gas markets on both wholesale and retail levels. It includes market surveillance on REMIT regulation requirements and national legislation, assessment of certification and independence requirements of system operators (as part of unbundling), providing opinion on new legislation proposals, reviewing user complaints, educating, and empowering energy users. Prior to that Jānis served as senior tariff expert at PUC, the job was related to assessment of draft tariffs and amending tariff methodologies (tariff structure was changed). Before joining PUC, Jānis had short but valuable experience at distribution system operator serving as economist in Capital Investment Department. Jānis received his MBA from Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.