Frank Wolak, MS, PhD
Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development; Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Senior Fellow by courtesy; Senior Fellow at FSI for International Studies and Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies in EconomicsView Frank Wolak's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
April 16th, 2013
Market Monitoring in the US Energy Market by Frank Wolak /FSR Monthly Interview
Q&ADuring a visit to Toulouse, France to present at “The Economics of Energy Markets” conference at the Toulouse School of Economics, PESD Director Frank Wolak was interviewed by Professor Jean-Michel Glachant of the Florence School Regulation about his work monitoring wholesale electricity markets.
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February 25th, 2013
Funding research in the world's poorest places
FSI Stanford, CISAC NewsFSI's Global Underdevelopment Action Fund fuels interdisciplinary work across Stanford and helps put researchers in the field where they're trying to solve some of the world's toughest problems. Read more »
December 18th, 2012
Export American natural gas? Not so fast, says Stanford economist
FSI's Frank Wolak warns of betting against the international spread of shale gas technologies by attempting to export domestic natural gas. Read more »
May 15th, 2012
Wolak presents at Energy Risk USA Conference
PESD director Frank Wolak spoke on role of congestion revenue rights (CRRs) and financial transmission rights (FTRs) in improving energy market efficiency at the Energy Risk magazine’s 16th annual 2-day conference. Read more »
March 2nd, 2012
Wolak speaks to the Western Chapter at Energy Bar Association
PESD director Frank Wolak spoke at The Energy Bar Association Eleventh Annual Western Chapter Meeting held on February 24, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Hotel. Wolak’s topic was “Does the Federal Power Act Harm Wholesale Market Efficiency and Potential Consumer Benefits from Electricity Industry Re-structuring?”



