Ken Ahmann

Chief Operating Officer, Colusa Indian Energy Corp.

Speaker
Ken Ahmann

Biography

Ken Ahmann is the COO and co-founder of Colusa Indian Energy, the only Tribally owned microgrid and cogeneration power plant developer in the nation. Ken has worked in Indian Country for two decades as the creator and Director of the Tribal Utility Authority for the Colusa Indian Community. He is an evangelist for Tribal energy sovereignty who seeks to help empower Tribes from coast to coast to hold control of their own energy futures. Ken is Vice Chairman of the board of Tribal Energy Solutions, a non-profit whose mission is to electrify the 13,500 families with no access to electricity across the Navajo Nation. Ken also serves on the Colusa Indian Community’s Economic Development Corporation Board. Ken holds a BSBA from San Diego State University, degrees in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, and numerous energy industry certifications. His extensive experience includes constructing, operating, and managing over 50 cogeneration microgrids across the country.