Electric Power Course 3: Transfers & the New Structure of the Industry

This 1-hour online course covers electric power transmission, how the systems work, and how power can be transferred. Reliability critieria and the contingencies that must be provided for are reviewed. Ways of identifying the uses of the transmission system are discussed. The deregulation and new industry structure is also reviewed.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end.

This course is one of a series of three, successively entitled:

1. Electric Power: Really Basic Stuff About Electricity
2. Electric Power: Grids, Control Areas, & VARs
3. Electric Power: Transfers & the New Structure of the Industry

This particular course, the third in the series, covers power transfer capabilities, how they are determined, and the new institutional structure of the electric power industry.

At the conclusion of this course, the student will:

• Understand how electric power transmission systems work
• Be familiar with reliability criteria
• Be able to identify the uses of transmission systems
• Understand the new industry structure

To comply with AIA and state requirements, all new online courses must be evaluated to confirm the assigned credit hour value. The assigned credit hour value for this course is 1 hour, pending confirmation within 90 days. Please be assured RedVector.com has NEVER had a course NOT meet its assigned credit hour value after evaluation, but has agreed to abide by the AIA and state requirements regardless. RedVector.com will refund the difference in price should any online course be assigned less credit than originally estimated.

Course Level: Fundamental

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