Please join Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Kathleen Hancock and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Chris Hansen, Colorado State Senator, presenting Colorado Energy Policy and What’s Next on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at Colorado School of Mines.

Senator Hansen will be discussing the successes of Colorado’s recent energy legislation in making the state a national leader in the clean energy transition. This includes recent bills from the 2022, 2023, and 2024 legislative sessions as  well as a preview of legislation being considered for the 2025 session, RTOs and the grid, and the overall transition to a clean energy system.

Senator Chris Hansen represents central and east Denver in the Colorado State Senate. He specializes in energy sector economics and data analytics, with 25 years of experience in the global energy industry. Prior to his work as an  elected official, he was Senior Director at IHS Markit (now S&P) where he led a global portfolio of energy products, events and partnerships and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, where he analyzed electricity and gas sector reform in India. Dr. Hansen holds a BSc in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University; a Graduate Diploma of Civil Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; a Master of Science in Engineering Systems from MIT; and a PhD in Economic Geography from Oxford University.