Late last year Colorado and Utah joined forces to bring market attention to the natural gas reserves in the Piceance and Unital basins. Learn how the two states are working jointly to find markets and ways in which to deliver natural gas to them on Tuesday, April 24th, 12:00 PM at the Grand Vista Hotel during the Chamber’s next Energy Briefing.
Kathleen Staks, Executive Director of the Governor’s Energy Office in Colorado and Laura Nelson, Energy Policy Advisor to Utah Governor Gary Herbert as well as Executive Director of the Utah Office of Energy Development will both be on hand to share how the agreement was forged, what the advantages are to both states and what projects may be on the horizon that benefit a resource-rich region which extends beyond state boundaries.
Prior to joining Governor Herbert’s Energy Office, Dr. Nelson served as the Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Potash Ridge, Corp., the Vice President of Energy and Environmental Development at Red Leaf Resources, and as the Energy Advisor to Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman. She also served as the Energy Policy Advisor to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and a Technical Consultant to the Utah Division of Public Utilities.
Prior to her appointment by Governor Hickenlooper, Staks served as Assistant Director for Energy at the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, where she advised and coordinated with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety and the Governor’s office. Staks also worked at Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) for six years as the program director for open space and parks and wildlife. Before working at GOCO, Kathleen worked on land conservation policy with the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
You will not want to miss this briefing session. As the agreement signed by both states clearly states,“These energy products have potential to influence geopolitics, enhance American manufacturing, contribute to North America’s energy security, and rejuvenate rural economies in the region.”.
Kathleen Staks, Executive Director of the Colorado Energy Office
Dr. Laura Nelson, Director of the Utah Office of Energy Development