Career
She founded the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions in 1997 and retired as president of Congressional Research Service 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 Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Acting (PURPA) in California and elsewhere.
January Hamrin received her Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, with emphasis on public policy evaluation of environmental and energy programs, from the University of California, Davis.
She also holds Masters degrees in Public Administration from University College Davis as well as a Bachelor of Surgery from the University of New Mexico.
