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Course Outline
Basics of Electricity
- What is it?
- History
- Types of loads
- Definitions of terms
The Electric Grid
- Generation
- Transmission
- Distribution
- Changes to system with advent of distributed energy resources and storage
Substations
- Main equipment
- Control systems
- Difference between generation, transmission and distribution substations
Generation
- Types of fuel
- Generators
- Renewables
Transmission
- Components
- Transmission voltages
- Challenges
- Transmission reliability
- Overhead vs underground transmission
- High Voltage DC transmission
- Transmission Control center operations
Distribution
- Distribution voltages
- Distribution planning
- Reliability
- Overhead vs underground distribution
- Metering
- Distribution control center operations
Major Players
- NERC
- FERC
- Public Service Commissions
- ISO