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Email: veronica.irastorza@nera.com
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Master of public policy, University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of economics, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Diploma in political analysis, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Veronica Irastorza is an Associate Director at NERA Economic Consulting with 20 years of experience in energy regulatory and strategic issues. Ms. Irastorza assists clients with issues related to energy regulation and contracts, energy markets, damages, valuations, disputes, and arbitrations.
In the electricity sector, Ms. Irastorza has advised governments, regulators, energy companies, investors, and large users on industry structure, regulation, sector reform, evaluation of assets, market design, tariffs, planning, and forecasting in many countries around the world, including Canada, Chile, Ireland, Mexico, and the United States. She has worked on matters related to all aspects of the electric power sector, including generation, transmission, ancillary services, distribution, and retailing.
In the natural gas sector, Ms. Irastorza has advised companies on the effects of new policies and regulations, as well as on due diligence and mergers and acquisitions. She has also advised governments and regulators on strategies for designing efficient regulations for natural gas transportation, distribution, storage, and planning. Ms. Irastorza gained extensive experience in planning and regulatory issues as Deputy Director of Planning for Pemex Gas, Mexico’s national gas company, and uses that experience to help her clients tackle a wide range of challenges.
Ms. Irastorza leverages her experience as former Undersecretary of Energy Planning and Transition in Mexico, a position she held until December 2012, to help her clients navigate long-term energy project planning, as well as renewable energy and energy efficiency policies. Her planning work as Undersecretary included developing the Mexican National Energy Strategy and producing energy outlooks.
Ms. Irastorza also served as Director General of Energy Planning at the Secretary of Energy in Mexico. She was responsible for the first National Energy Strategy with a 15-year outlook and coordinated the energy outlooks for oil, natural gas, LPG, petroleum products, and electricity.
Additionally, Ms. Irastorza previously served as an advisor to Mexico’s Energy Secretary, during which time she was involved in several projects pertaining to the privatization of natural gas transportation, investment incentives in electricity plants, and other public policy issues. She also taught economics to undergraduates at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico. While attending the University of California at Berkeley, she worked for the California Public Utilities Commission, analyzing transmission investment incentives for the restructured electricity industry.
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The Once and (Perhaps) Future Argentine Electricity Market | Published Article | Veronica Irastorza, Dr. Jeff D. Makholm, and Hamish Fraser | ||
Compensation in Investor-State Disputes: How Much Can an Investor Claim? | Brief | Veronica Irastorza with Carlos Vejar and Laura Yvonne Zielinski from Holland & Knight | ||
Mexican Wholesale Electricity Market Report 2019 | Report | By Veronica Irastorza and José Antonio Peñuelas | ||
Crude Exports, Gas Imports Possible Development Path for Mexico | Published Article | Veronica Irastorza and John B. McNeece III | ||
An Inescapable Reality | Published Article | By Veronica Irastorza | ||
Natural Gas Is in Mexico to Stay | Published Article | By Veronica Irastorza | ||
Are Mexican Renewables Really this Cheap? | Published Article | By Veronica Irastorza et al. | ||
Mexican Wholesale Electricity Market Report | Report | By Veronica Irastorza | ||
Tarifas, la señal clave para el éxito de la reforma (Electricity Rates: The Key Signa... | Published Article | By Veronica Irastorza and Elvira Creel | ||
Mexican Wholesale Electricity Market Report | Report | By Veronica Irastorza, Elvira Creel, et al. | ||
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MIREC WEEK Digital Conference | 11 November 2020 | |||
Mexico’s Energy Landscape: Perspectives from Canada, the United States, and Mexico | 08 October 2020 | |||
Renewable Energy in Mexico – An Industry Update | 10 September 2020 | |||
Medidas en Materia Eléctrica en México, el Arbitraje de Inversión y el Cálculo de Dañ... | 08 July 2020 | |||
Oil Markets and Their Impact on the Energy Sector and Public Finances of Mexico | 20 May 2020 | |||
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mexican Electricity Sector | 13 May 2020 | |||
Mexico Energy Outlook 2020 Roundtable | 25 February 2020 | |||
23rd Annual Mexican Energy Conference | 13 November 2019 | |||
Energy Day 2019 | 08 October 2019 | |||
The ANZMEX Energy Debate Series – 14th Edition | 25 June 2019 | |||