Overview of the North American Electric Power Industry

Overview of the North American Electric Power Industry

Course Summary
Deregulation of the electricity marketplace continues to be a controversial topic. During this period of historic and rapid change, there is much to learn. Let this programme be your first step. This one-day event is a combination of presentation and trading simulations.
8CPE creditsawarded for this course .

Requirements:
As this is an introductory course, there are no prerequisites.
Pre-classroom Study
As part of our blended learning package, this workshop has a specific web-based course which is recommended as pre-classroom study. Upon registering for the workshop delegates will receive details of how to access the web-based course. Access to the web-based course is included in the price of the classroom course. To optimize your classroom experience, it is recommended you take the appropriate online study as close to the classroom date as possible. The recommended pre-classroom study for this workshop is PrincetonLive.com's
Introduction to the Power Industry .
Course content:

• Electricity basics: electrons and wires
  
• The fundamentals of electricity generation
  
• What makes electricity different from all other traded commodities
  
• Profiles of electricity market participants
  
• Trading motivations of different physical electricity market participants
  
• Financial/physical
  
• Major North American markets and ho- they operate
  
• Deregulation of the electric utility industry
  
• Trading pools and ISOs
  
• Transmission and ancillary services
  
• Natural gas spark spreads
  

Some topics covered in this workshop are specific to either the American or Canadian market and will be adjusted as necessary.