Dr. Jim Williams
Senior Consultant
Dr. Williams leads E3’s practice in climate change policy and greenhouse gas reduction. He is the lead analyst on the E3 team modeling implementation of AB32 (California’s Global Warming Solutions Act) for the California Public Utilities Commission. With more than 20 years experience in the energy industry, he is a specialist in regulatory policy and clean energy technologies, resources, and costs. His practice areas include carbon pricing and market design, renewable generation and transmission, retail rate design for energy efficiency and demand response, and economic modeling/analysis of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, energy storage, and distribution automation. Dr. Williams is also Associate Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where he teaches energy and environmental policy, with a focus on energy markets and regulation in Asian developing countries. He received his BS in Physics from Washington and Lee University, and his PhD in Energy and Resources from U.C. Berkeley.