Speakers
Sharon M. Reishus
Sharon M. Reishus, IHS CERA Senior Director, is responsible for leading the development and delivery of the research content of IHS CERA's North American Power Advisory Service. Ms. Reishus returned to the company in August 2010 after answering a call to public service as a Commissioner of the Maine Public Utilities Commission for seven years, where she served as Chairman her last two years and in addition to state regulatory duties engaged with other policymakers and stakeholders in regional and national activities on transmission, climate change, energy efficiency and the smart grid. While at CERA previously (prior to its purchase by IHS), she coauthored the CERA Multiclient Study Energy Restructuring at the Crossroads, and has authored or coauthored several reports, including research on US energy policy legislation. Earlier she spent eight years in the utility industry as a financial analyst with the Maine Public Utilities Commission and as a planner with the Central Maine Power Company. She also worked in The White House as a Situation Room Duty Officer and as an intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. Ms. Reishus holds a BS from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
