• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Anna Shpitsberg

IHS Markit

Director, Global Power and Renewables

Anna Shpitsberg, Director, Global Power and Renewables, IHS Markit, conducts research and consulting on emerging trends, evolution of regulation, and industry strategy as it relates to the power sector, globally. Additionally, she is expanding geographic coverage of the power portfolio by managing the build out of power system analysis for new markets. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Ms. Shpitsberg established the U.S. Department of State’s Power Sector Program (PSP) through which she partnered with and advised utilities, regulators, system operators, and energy ministries on power market reform, energy resource optimization and procurement, regional power market development, and renewable energy integration and financing. In this role, she designed, managed, and advised on projects in Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Vietnam, as well as regional projects in Latin America and Southern Africa. She also held positions at the U.S. Department of Energy, the Rocky Mountain Institute, and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Shpitsberg holds a BS from Binghamton University in Finance and an MEM from Duke University with a focus on energy systems and the energy-water nexus. 

Sessions With Anna Shpitsberg

Thursday, 14 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Emerging Economies: Reinventing the power sector in Africa

    Panel Power Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics

    As emerging markets take the lead in power demand growth and renewable capacity additions, they will serve as testbeds for new technologies and market structures. Government, developer, investor, and other stakeholders discuss how transitioning economies will reform power sectors in the age of digitalization and electrification. How can they balance long-term resource adequacy and price stability with decentralized and distributed options? What level of revenue risk does an investor perceive in a newly restructured and privatized power market?

  • 06:10pm - 06:40pm (CST) / -

    Why Power Costs Vary Globally: Technologies & fuels

    Panel Power Technology/Innovation

    Solar and wind power costs globally have dropped rapidly during the past decade. Renewable project tender prices and feed-in tariffs are also dropping across the world. Many believe aggressive cost declines are still possible and will likely allow renewables to reach parity with conventional power very soon. How will technological development, scale of manufacturing, and local development experience build-up continue to affect costs for wind and solar? When should we expect renewable costs to become competitive with thermal generation costs? Will storage cost fall fast enough to allow system-wide costs of firm renewable power also reach parity with conventional power?