Regulation and Markets
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Power |
Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
This course aims to develop students’ skills on:
1. acquisition and demonstration of advanced knowledge on the electricity sector as far as electricity markets are concerned. Theoretical models and computer applications (CDIO Syllabus: 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3);
2. treatment, validation and interpretation of results (CDIO Syllabus: 1.3, 2.1, 2.3);
3. autonomous work and bibliography research (CDIO Syllabus: 2.4, 2.5 and 3.3);
4. planning and developing a team work (CDIO Syllabus: 2.4, 2.5 and 3.1);
5. report writing and preparation of oral presentations (CDIO Syllabus: 3.2);
6. understanding of external, enterprise and commercial contexts in which this sector is incorporated (CDIO Syllabus: 4.1 and 4.2);
7. setting objectives and project management (CDIO Syllabus: 4.3 and 4.6)
Program
The program covers the following topics:
- Brief overview about the general aspects of electricity markets;
- Network services- brief overview to cost allocation methods, calculation of nodal marginal long and short term prices; relation between long term costs and transmission system expansion planning;
- Tariff regulation strategies and their application in Portugal;
- Concept of additive tariffs and its application in Portugal;
- Integration of complex proposals in market mechanisms;
- Ancillary services, and integrated dispatch of active and reactive power and voltage control
Mandatory literature
João Paulo Tomé Saraiva, José Luis Pinto Pereira da Silva e Maria Teresa Ponce de Leão;
Mercados de electricidade. ISBN: 972-752-053-7
Teaching methods and learning activities
This course uses different teaching methods:
- Theoretical classes: they will be based on the presentation of the above mentioned themes and discussion of practical situations;
- Theoretical-practical classes: they will be essentially assignment-oriented. At the end of the semester, students will have to deliver a written report about their assignment;
- Students will have to deliver an oral presentation about the results obtained in their research regarding the Portuguese tariff system, or network tariff systems in a country to select or about the service quality in power systems. The presentation must not last more than 15 min.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
56,00 |
|
|
Preparation of report |
Trabalho escrito |
12,00 |
|
2011-12-16 |
Preparation of a power point presentation |
Trabalho escrito |
12,00 |
|
2011-12-16 |
Test/final exam |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
2012-02-29 |
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
Individual study |
Estudo autónomo |
78 |
2012-02-29 |
|
Total: |
78,00 |
|
Eligibility for exams
Assessment components:
- Practical assignment and report (PA);
- Oral Presentation (ORALP), which must not last more than 15 min, about Portuguese tariff system, or network tariff systems in a country to select or about the service quality in power systems.
- Final Exam (FE)
Students will be admitted to exams if they:
- get a minimum grade of 8 out of 20 in the final exam;
- deliver the written report on the practical assignment
- do the above mentioned oral presentation
The practical assignment assesses the following CDIO Syllabus: 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.3 and 4.6.
The oral presentation assesses the following CDIO Syllabus: 2.4, 2.5, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.6.
The final exam assesses the following CDIO Syllabus: 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5.
Calculation formula of final grade
Final Mark will be based on the following formula:
0,25xPA+0,15xORALP+0,6xFE
PA, ORALP and FE: from 0 to 20
Examinations or Special Assignments
Final exam and report about a practical assignment
Classification improvement
Students can improve the grade of the Final Exam.