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Chris Hansen

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Chief Executive Officer at La Plata Electric Association
📍 United States

Chris Hansen is the CEO of La Plata Electric Association, leveraging over 25 years of global energy sector experience. He combines deep expertise in energy economics, with degrees from MIT and Oxford, and a significant background in public policy as a former Colorado State Senator and Appropriations Committee Chair.

Outside of work, Chris is a family man with a wife and two sons. He enjoys spending time outdoors in southwest Colorado, with hobbies that include hiking and skiing. He grew up in Kansas, where he ran cross-country and worked on local farms during his youth.

He uniquely blends top-tier public policy experience, having served on Colorados Joint Budget Committee, with direct leadership of an electric cooperatives energy transition.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Chris shows up

Hard To Convince
Quality Focused
Thorough Evaluator

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Priorities

Topics Chris cares about

Energy Transition
He is leading LPEA’s “Community Power” initiative, guiding the cooperative toward greater energy independence, carbon reduction, and local empowerment away from its traditional wholesale power contract.
Grid Modernization
As a state senator, he passed key legislation and attended a White House summit focused on modernizing America's power grid for improved reliability and renewable energy integration.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Chief Executive Officer
La Plata Electric Association
2-2023
Chairman of the Board
The Institute for Western Energy
1-2020 - 1-2025
Colorado State Senator, District 31
State of Colorado
11-2016 - 1-2020
Representative, House District 6
State of Colorado
6-2017 - 1-2023
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Colorado Energy + Water Institute
In the press

Media appearances

KSUT Conversation: La Plata Electric Association's Chris Hansen on Co-Op Month, Tri-State separation. Featured in KSUT Public Radio
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LPEA Welcomes Chris Hansen as New CEO. Featured in La Plata Electric Association
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Education
2003 - 2008
DPhil
University of Oxford
2000 - 2002
S.M.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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