• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Mike Pickens

S&P Global

Principal Research Analyst

Michael Pickens, Associate Director, Energy, S&P Global, is a specialist in North American power market fundamentals. He has over 12 years of energy industry experience, with particular expertise in power market analytics, regional supply and demand, wholesale power pricing, industry structure, and market policy in the North American regional power markets. At IHS Markit, Mr. Pickens focuses on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power market, providing quarterly outlooks and advising clients on regional dynamics. Previously, Mr. Pickens was with American Electric Power in the Strategic and Fundamental Analysis Group, responsible for the company’s 30-year power market outlook, providing analytical support and advice to senior and middle management on power market issues such as US Environmental Protection Agency regulations, federal policies, and fuel switching. He holds a BA from The College of William and Mary and an MBA from Otterbein University.

Sessions With Mike Pickens

Thursday, 14 March

  • 07:30am - 08:45am (CST) / -

    Texas: Passing the stress test?

    Panel Power

    In the early 2000s, lawmakers restructured the state’s electric industry. Nearly 20 years later, the Texas power market finds itself under stress from the prospect of historically low reserve margins, a rapidly shifting resource mix, advances in technology, energy-conscious consumers, and more. In this session, listen and engage with policymakers and stakeholders directly involved in developing solutions to these issues and shaping the future of the region’s power market.