EE 458

Course Schedule
Economic systems for electric power planning (Spring 2008)

M,W,F 10-10:50, 1242 Howe

Dr. Jim McCalley

Dr. McCalley's Home Page

Schedule	Course objectives	Course structure
Base Groups	Back to Home Page	HW,Quiz solutions

Week	Lecture number	Resources	Description	Homework Assignment	Homework Solutions	Quiz Solutions
1/14	1	Market Summary: Word, PDF	History, industry structure, market systems	HW1: Word, PDF, due Wed, 1/23/08
1/16	2		History, industry structure, market systems
1/18	3	Cost Curves: Word, PDF	Modeling of generator costs
1/21			MLK day - Holiday
1/23	5		Modeling of generator costs
1/25	6		Modeling of generator costs
1/28	7	Optimization basics: Word, PDF Additional notes on optimization (from EE 303): Word, PDF	Optimization basics	HW2: Word, PDF	HW2 Solutions
1/30	8	Intro1 to Economics: Word, PDF	Economic principles
2/1	9	Intro2 to Economics: Word, PDF	Economic principles
2/4	10		Economic principles
2/6			Exam 1			Exam 1 solutions
2/8	11	Intro 3 to Economics: Word, PDF	Economic principles
2/11	12	California Crisis Explained, PDF	Economic principles	HW3, Word, PDF, due 2/18/08	HW3 Solutions
2/13	13	Intro LP: Word, PDF	Linear programming
2/15	14	LP Simplex 1: Word, PDF; Paper by Dantzig: PDF	Linear programming
2/18	15	LP Simplex 2: Word	Linear programming	HW4, Word, PDF, due 2/25/08	HW4 Solutions
2/20	16		Linear programming
2/22	17	LP Simplex3: Word, PDF	Linear programming
2/25	18	Intro CPLEX: Word, PDF. Using CPLEX Notes: PDF	Linear programming
2/27	19	Duality 1: Word, PDF	Linear programming
2/29			Exam 2			Exam 2 Solutions
3/3	20	PowerFlowEquations: Word, PDF	Network representation
3/5	21		Optimal power flow and LMPs
3/7	22	Sensitivities: Work, PDF	Optimal power flow and LMPs	HW5, Word, PDF, due 3/14/08	HW5 Solutions
3/10	23	LPOPF Notes 1: Word, PDF	Optimal power flow and LMPs
3/12	24	Paper by Litvinov: PDF	Optimal power flow and LMPs
3/14	25		Optimal power flow and LMPs	HW6, Word, PDF, due 3/26/08