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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Electric Industry Operations and Markets by Duke University

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About the Course

This is a two week course. In the first week you will learn about the core activities that the Industry executes to bring electricity to customers. We will review what electricity is, how it is generated, how it is transmitted, how it comes into buildings, and how consumption of electricity instantly feeds back on the transmission and generation of electricity. You will learn to: Define what electricity is; Describe how electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed; Describe how electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed; and Summarize how the consumption of electric energy instantly feeds back on the transmission and generation of electricity. In the second week, the course shifts to the markets that drive Electric Industry operations. You will learn about the various costs of the electric industry’s core activities, how electricity is priced, the various ways that electric markets are structured, how these market structures determine which power plants are dispatched to produce electricity when, and how recent changes in generator fuel prices, generation technology, market regulations, and environmental regulations are transforming both Electric Industry Markets and Operations. You will learn to: Describe the main cost components to the electric system; Compare the costs of different types of power plants; Interpret the retail pricing of electricity; Explain the different types of electric markets and understand how they operate to dispatch electric supply to meet demand in real time; and Explain why and how the electric industry is regulated....

Top reviews

CN

Jul 23, 2017

Fantastic class! I was impressed by the high quality of peer-graded submissions, and I believe the instructors/course creators deserve a lot of credit for that outcome.

JA

Mar 17, 2021

very exciting course about the electric markets and its operations.......recommend this course for all those who are seeking a basic understanding of the workings of the electric industry.

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Mar 16, 2022

Great coach

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Jun 4, 2020

Outstanding

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May 22, 2020

Nice course

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Feb 18, 2025

TRES BONNE

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Jan 26, 2025

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May 29, 2024

Impeccable

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Feb 16, 2021

keep going

By João G A D

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Dec 24, 2020

Excellent!

By Deny S

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May 14, 2020

nice study

By Muhammad A N K

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May 14, 2020

nice study

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Dec 4, 2025

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Oct 28, 2025

excellent

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Mar 31, 2025

Excellent

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Dec 26, 2024

Good info

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Nov 5, 2024

Very Good

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Oct 21, 2024

Nice One.

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Aug 26, 2024

Very Nice

By MOSIBUL S

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May 4, 2023

excellent

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Mar 30, 2023

Very Good

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Feb 16, 2023

Very good

By Peter

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Oct 2, 2021

Well done

By Akhtar M M

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Aug 8, 2021

EXCELLENT

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Apr 17, 2021

Excellent

By Dileep K

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Nov 21, 2020

Excellent

By Olivier N

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Sep 18, 2020

excellent