Carbon in the Classroom: Lessons from a Simulation of California's Electricity Market Under a Stringent Cap-and-Trade System

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) at Stanford University. His research focuses on policy instruments to address climate change, the role of state-owned enterprises in fossil fuel production, and how to deliver energy to lowincome populations. Dr. Thurber co-edited and contributed to Oil and Governance, a major volume on national oil companies, and he is currently working on a book about global coal markets. He has written several academic articles about the opportunities and challenges of using commercial business models to distribute improved cookstoves and other energy and health products in developing countries. Dr. Thurber teaches a class (with co-author Frank Wolak) on ‘‘Energy Markets and Policy’’ in Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering (Thermosciences) and a B.S.E. from Princeton University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.