Jan Hamrin has spent 30 years promoting renewable energy through research, policy formulation, and the development of consumer programs. She founded the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions in 1997 and retired as president of CRS at the end of 2007. Hamrin has served as advisor to the G-8 and numerous legislatures and regulatory commissions as well as co-authoring two books: ''Affected with the Public Interest: Electric Industry Restructuring in an Era of Competition'' (1994) and ''Investing in the Future: A Regulator’s Guide to Renewables'' (1993). In 1981 Hamrin founded and served for nine years as Executive Director of the Independent Energy Producers’ Association (IEP) in California and played a key role in the implementation of the

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(PURPA) in California and elsewhere. Jan Hamrin received her Ph.D. in Ecology, with emphasis on

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evaluation of environmental and energy programs, from the

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. She also holds master's degrees in Public Administration from U.C. Davis as well as a B.S. from the

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. In October 2008, Hamrin received a Green Power Leadership "Pioneer" award from the

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(EPA)'s Green Power Partnership, and the U.S. Department of Energy, for a career spent "building the market for

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