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    Quick Facts

    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesCoursera

    The Syllabus

    Videos
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Electric Utility Industry Animated Crash Course
    • 1.3 What Happens When You Flip a Switch?
    • 1.4 Generation for Generations
    • 1.5 Fossil Fuels
    • 1.6 Nuclear
    • 1.7 Renewables - Hydroelectric and Wind
    • 1.8 Renewables - Solar, Biomass and Geothermal
    • 1.9 The Generation Portfolio
    • 1.10 Transmission and Distribution
    • 1.11 Outro
    Practice Exercise
    • Taking Shape and Fundamentals

    Videos
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Usage, Rates and Your Bill
    • 2.3 Utility Types and Prices: Overview, Public Power and Electric Cooperatives
    • 2.4 Utility Types and Prices: Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs)
    • 2.5 Regulatory Compact and Rates Process
    Practice Exercise
    • Price and Value

    Videos
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Becoming More Customer Focused
    • 3.3 Energy Efficiency
    • 3.4 Distributed Generation
    Practice Exercise
    • Not your grandparents' utility

    Videos
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Technology and Customer Expectations
    • 4.3 Aging Grid and the Rise of Federal Transmission Regulation
    • 4.4 Federal Regulation and the Environment
    • 4.5 State of Electric Utility Policy
    • 4.6 State Regulation and the Environment
    • 4.7 Outro
    Practice Exercise
    • Pace of Change, Technology and Innovation

    Videos
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Smart Grid
    • 5.3 Microgrids
    • 5.4 Storage
    • 5.5 Electric Vehicles
    • 5.6 Net Metering and Distributed Generation
    • 5.7 Clean Power Plan
    • 5.8 Future Models
    • 5.9 Outro
    Practice Exercise
    • Final Exam - Apply What You Learned!

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