Electricity Markets


Book Description

This book analyzes new electricity pricing models that consider uncertainties in the power market due to the changing behavior of market players and the implementation of renewable distributed generation and responsive loads. In-depth chapters examine the different types of market players including the generation, transmission, and distribution companies, virtual power plants, demand response aggregators, and energy hubs and microgrids. Expert authors propose optimal operational models for short-term performance and scheduling and present readers with solutions for pricing challenges in uncertain environments. This book is useful for engineers, researchers and students involved in integrating demand response programs into smart grids and for electricity market operation and planning. Proposes optimal operation models; Discusses the various players in today's electricity markets; Describes the effects of demand response programs in smart grids.







Electric and Natural Gas Business


Book Description

If youre interested in electric and natural gas utilitiesand anybody who turns on a light or tries to save and invest should be you can benefit from Electricity and Natural Gas Business: Understanding It! Big dividends are at your fingertips, all in one place, in 21 chapters with 23 tables, 85 figures, 9 appendices. Youll discover how easy it is to make a bundle through this quick-reference book with its extensive outline, all-embracing index, and handy list of acronyms.The strategies you can make from this book should help you gain total security. You wont lose any more sleep over todays skyrocketing electric and natural gas prices. Therell be no more guesswork about power interruption, scandal, and investor panic. You can protect your investments, saving yourself needless worry.Because this information is exclusive to us, youll join a very select group. Our 26 veteran authors will give you a private, behind-the-scenes look at industry workings, putting you in on the direction that the industrys most-respected minds feel it is heading. Readership generally includes the crème de la crème of environmentalists; attorneys; gas and power executives, analysts, buyers, and suppliers; regulators; economists; financial analysts; activists; and others.Heres what you get:Standard market design (the revolutionary approach to the electric market): 4 chapters that are your guarantee of best SMD strategiesIndustry outlook: 4 chapters that can mean money in the bank from new opportunitiesGas supply and production: 3 chapters that give you growth potential in some supply arenas and protect your investment in othersInternational: 3 chapters that can make you a million internationally or make international business ventures no sweat.Federal and state oversight: 7 chapters (5 federal) that make doing business with regulators easier than ever before and give you defense against surprises




Understanding Today's Natural Gas Business


Book Description

This 150-page detailed overview of the North American gas industry offers an insider's perspective on the fast-paced and unpredictable business of natural gas. Topics covered include natural gas origins, the physical system and how it's operated, market dynamics and players, risk management techniques, an up-to-date look at today's regulatory environment, and much more. The book is ideal for those new to the industry, as well as veterans who need a big picture perspective of the electric business. The book is easy-to-read, contains a number of charts and diagrams to help simplify complex industry concepts, and includes a glossary and list of acronyms.