MBA 584 - Transforming Electricity Markets With Renewable Energy

This course is intended to provide students with an overview of how the business of electric energy works. This will include an introduction to wholesale electric energy markets (including energy pricing in centralized markets, capacity auctions, and hedging), how to prevent market abuse, the role of regional grid operators, how new electric transmission facilities and generating stations are planned, and how green energy (wind, hydro, and solar) and conservation measures are integrated into the wholesale electric markets. The course will also touch on recent trends in retail electric markets. Finally, this course will also explore the role of federal and state regulators and the courts in the wholesale electric energy business.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)