2005-06 MAP/Ming Visiting Professor

Paul Komor, Ph.D., is a Lecturer at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Senior Advisor at E Source, an energy information firm in Boulder, Colorado. Paul currently teaches in the Environmental Studies Program and in the School of Engineering at CU-Boulder, and launched a new graduate program in energy policy in Fall 2003. At E Source, Paul advises utility clients on energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Prior to joining the University of Colorado faculty and E Source, Paul was a Project Director at the U.S. Congress' Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), where he worked with both House and Senate Congressional Committees in preparing and evaluating energy legislation. Prior to joining OTA, he taught at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Paul holds a B.S. from Cornell University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Paul's recent book, Renewable Energy Policy (Diebold Foundation, 2004), has received numerous favorable reviews, and is in use at several Universities as a textbook in energy policy courses.

Winter Quarter 2006
CEE 173 P: Renewable Energy Policies and Markets, 3 units
How renewable energy technologies move from the laboratory to widespread adoption, and how that process is influenced by public policy. How utilities, investors, government, and other stakeholders can promote - or stymie - new on-grid renewables. Case studies from the U.S. and the EU.

Recommended Prerequisite: CEE 173A

Spring Quarter 2006
CEE 207 P: Electricity Futures, 3 units
What do we want our future electricity system to look like, and how do we get there? Potential roles for renewables, efficiency, distributed generation. Limitations of rational planning methods such as integrated resource planning (IRP). Implications of system restructuring/competition for technology choices. Incorporating climate change into electricity generation technology decisions.

Recommended Prerequisite: CEE 173P