Name: Electric Industry Operations and Markets
Brand: Duke University
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.8 (432 reviews)

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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

Dec 18, 2020

This course offered me a remarkable experience. As someone who is seeking a career in Energy, the topics discussed by the course were of immense value to me.

Mar 18, 2021

very exciting course about the electric markets and its operations.......recommend this course for all those who are seeking a basic understanding of the workings of the electric industry.

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Feb 19, 2026

Nicely broken down, and surprisingly interesting

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By Anuj K

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Aug 28, 2019

thanks, coursera for this beautigul course.

By Nilam S

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Jan 7, 2026

Excellent & Easy course to understand

By ARJUN J

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Sep 29, 2020

informative course and good lecture

By mohammad s

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Mar 28, 2021

practical and comprehensive course

By Ibrahim K

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Jun 28, 2025

Excellent and useful course

By Revanth M C

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May 11, 2020

very great course

By Nihar B

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Dec 26, 2025

Very Good Course

By Pushpendra K

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Sep 22, 2020

Good course

By ANSHULI V

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Jun 24, 2020

Nice course

By Ameena j

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Sep 5, 2020

good couse

By 44.Pokale K

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Jul 25, 2020

VERY GOOD

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Jul 20, 2021

good

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Apr 11, 2025

Good

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Good

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Jul 30, 2021

good

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good

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By JOSE J V H

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Feb 6, 2018

Knowing Duke´s prestige and being completely honest I was expecting something much more coprenhensive and didactic. Zero Effort law from the lecturer was another point, how is it possible that some corrective banners were needed to correct him!!?? Unpresendent in my Coursera experience.