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Clean Energy, Climate Change, Demand Side Management, Electric Vehicles, Energy Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Energy Storage, Environmental Policy, GHGs, Natural Gas, Power Sector, Regulation, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, Transmission, Water, WindMs. Reishus is President, Reishus Consulting LLC, an independent strategic advisory firm serving high-level stakeholders seeking concise context and insights into the energy sector. Previously, she was head of the North American Power retainer service at IHS CERA (formerly Cambridge Energy Research Associates), where she and her team advised clients on trends reshaping the US & Canadian electricity industries. rnrnPrior to IHS CERA, she was appointed as Commissioner and Chairman, Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC), a state regulatory agency that oversees power, natural gas, telecom, and water utility service and operations, as well as Efficiency Maine, the state's energy efficiency trust. During that period, she also represented Maine as a founding member of the Board of Directors of RGGI, Inc., the east coast carbon cap and trade program. In earlier roles, she provided analysis as a staffer at CERA, the MPUC, and at Central Maine Power Company. rnrnPrior to her energy career, she was a geopolitical intelligence analyst with the CIA, where she also served as a Presidential briefer in The White House Situation Room during the Reagan administration. rnrnShe holds an MBA in Strategic Planning and Management from Wharton and BS in Applied Earth Science from Stanford University.
Recent Posts by Sharon Reishus
Recent Comments by Sharon Reishus
- "Thanks for your insight, Bill. I agree, the movement is afoot, although clearly it's early days yet.
As for endowments, fyi, I am Vice Chairman of "
Targeting Corporate Climate Risk - "I ran across the results today of this recent survey conducted by MIT and BCG on investors and sustainability:
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/"
Should Energy Companies Disclose Their Climate Risk? - "According to today's press, only one of the eleven proposals re carbon risk passed at the Exxon annual shareholders meeting this week, i.e., the one r"
Should Energy Companies Disclose Their Climate Risk? - "
It will be interesting to see how this discussion topic plays out in real time at the annual shareholder meetings of Chevron and Exxon this "
Should Energy Companies Disclose Their Climate Risk? - "Picking up a bit on the fiduciary point raised by Lewis, it seems to me that the responsibility of a board of directors has to include requiring a ser"
Should Energy Companies Disclose Their Climate Risk? - "Mark,
Your discussion of scenario planning is very relevant to this question and quite interesting. I think it would be quite difficult to assess the"
Should Energy Companies Disclose Their Climate Risk? - "Gerry,
I am aware that the SEC issued its "interpretive guidance" in 2010 to include risks related to climate change in its existing disclosure req"
Should Energy Companies Disclose Their Climate Risk?