EE 590F

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Power system planning (Spring 2008)

M, W,  12:00-1:15, xxxx Howe

Dr. Jim McCalley

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Course Objectives: At completion of this course, students should be able to

Objective 1: Identify the main design attributes of an electricity market system.

Objective 2: Communicate the relationship between the planning process and state and federal regulatory agencies.

Objective 3: Communicate the effect of recent and likely future environmental legislation on the planning process.

Objective 4: Identify costs, efficiencies, and environmental characteristics of various bulk energy conversion, storage, and transport technologies.

Objective 5: Compute G&T adequacy indices for a bulk transmission system.

Objective 6: Perform the main steps of a resource and transmission planning study for an electric utility.

Objective 7: Perform the main steps of a transmission planning study for an independent system operator.

Objective 8: Use of a production costing software application.

Objective 9: Use one of the national modeling tools for infrastructure analysis of bulk energy systems.

Objective 10: Use optimization methods to formulate and solve basic electricity planning problems.

 

 

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Please address any special needs or special accommodations with me at the beginning of the semester or as soon as you become aware. Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student Academic Accommodation Request (SAAR) from the Disability Resources (DR) office. Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. Please contact the Disability Resources Office coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, please make arrangements to meet with me soon. Please request that a Disability Resources staff send a SAAR form verifying your disability and specifying the accommodations you will need. If you have a documented disability that requires assistance, you will need to go to the Disability Resource (DR) Office for coordination of your academic accommodations.