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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

MH

Nov 14, 2021

Hi I finished this course, but when I got my degree, only my last name was mentioned incorrectly and my name was not written. Please provide me with a new document named Mahdi Hadizadeh. Thank you

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.

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By Pathan S S

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May 23, 2020

Nice

By Shawn-Dai L

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Mar 31, 2023

I do not understand the grading system, why the instructions are so poorly written and who grades - obviously someone that does not speak/read/understand the English language with any accuracy. The instructions are not specific enough for proper research and response, include many spelling and grammar errors (a simple spell check is a basic part of creating documents), the abbreviations used in the instructions create confusion in the context of the sentence and request, contain incomplete sentences, open sentences, include many incorrect uses of nourns, adverbs, etc. Many of the peer review papers were written so badly I gave up reading them; however, noting how my papers were graded, I am sure they were passed with 100% grades.

By Jis N G

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Aug 4, 2020

The instructor didn't respond to the questions on the discussion form. Moreover in the course videos, the instructor seems to be simply reading a pre-written prepared lecture; it is not spontaneous.

By Kaiquan M

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Jul 15, 2020

boring, jump between concepts, no handouts

By Bryant C

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Jan 14, 2026

The final project is ridiculous.

By SHINE D K

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Nov 19, 2020

Its good

By Mohammad T I

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May 6, 2020

not good