Energy consumption is a major cost component in all mining operations. Electrical systems are quite often over-designed, and as such have high energy consumption while in an idling state and quite often having peak power values several times higher than the average power; due to the intermittent...

Mounting concerns over the security and reliability of the grid have prompted many to question the grid's state-centered regulatory framework. Today, the federal government regulates interstate transmission, while the states exercise exclusive authority over intrastate distribution, generation,...

We propose two modifications to the method of endogenous grid points that greatly decreases the computational time for life cycle models with many exogenous state variables. First, we use simulated stochastic grids on the exogenous state variables. Second, when we interpolate to find the...

Over the past half century, energy law has endured many stranded cost experiments, each helping firms and customers adjust to a new normal. However, these past experiments have contributed to a myopic regulatory approach to past stranded cost recovery by: (1) endorsing a preference for...

The outcome of any good curriculum design should be better learning to student community. In this regard, some of the science subjects need to be taught with the help of simulator so that students can feel “hands on” learning instead of traditional way. In Computer Science which is one of...

With a smart grid environment, flexible load devices and provided local price incentives a more efficient grid usage may be achieved in the future. Bidirectional communication, smart devices and shiftable loads as electric vehicles and heat pumps have the potential to be coordinated with local...