Organisation and Management of Electric Energy Systems

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies cover both with the theoretical basis for the organization of systems of electricity and the autonomous discovery by the students from documented real world situations, dealt with in the monographs.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be capable of a vision informed on how organize Systems of Electric Energy before and after the liberalization of the electricity sector. They should also get to know about the types of regulation of the electric sector of natural monopoly to the liberalized market.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

General characterization of electrical industry - historical development and current situation.

Infrastructure of electricity systems: generation of electrical energy - resources and generation technologies renewable and conventional; Structures of electricity systems - transport and distribution networks.

Liberalisation of the electricity market: Network open access; Electricity business regulation – from natural monopoly to the liberalised market. Structural models. Organisational models Technical and economical impact on the management of electricity networks;  The Portuguese case-study – Organisation and regulatory framework.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The evaluation method allows the evaluation of both components: theoretical basis and critical analysis of reality through, respectively, the exam and the monograph: 100.0%

Bibliography

Lorrin Philipson, H. Lee Willis, Understanding Electric Utilities and Deregulation, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1998.

Sally Hunt, Graham Shuttleworth, Competition and Choice in Electricity, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Mohammad Shahidehpour, Muwaffaq Alomoush, Restructured Electrical Power Systems – Operation, Trading and Volatility, Marcel, 2001.