Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: EE 155; EE 132; ENGR 160 or EE 231
Description: EE 218 online section; enrollment in the Online Master-in-Science in Engineering program. Introduces power system steady state and market analysis. Topics include system security criteria and security assessment; state estimation; automatic generation control; contingency screening and security constrained optimal power flow; the electricity market structure; security constrained economic dispatch and unit commitment; financial transmission rights; forward markets; and market power.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.