• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

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, 12 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Renewables in the Boardroom: New strategies for corporate procurement
    Power & Renewables

    Direct procurement of renewable power by corporations more than doubled in 2018, with the US accounting for most transactions. The trend hasn’t abated, with 2019 announcements exceeding the prior year’s record. New industry segments entered the market and a range of financing arrangements emerged to support expanding renewable targets and business requirements. Where are the opportunities, across geographies and industries? How will corporate demand evolve, and what will procurement mechanisms look like in the future?