Electricity Fundamentals & Restructuring

Name: Electricity Fundamentals & Restructuring
Price: 1995 $
Availability: InStock

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After completing the 2-day Oak Leaf course, Electricity Fundamentals & Restructuring, you will grasp the whys & hows of electricity — gaining fuller understanding of the technologies, systems & markets operating in the background, enabling that flicked switch to deliver light.

$1995

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Duration

2 Days

Course Details

Flick a switch, and your lights turn on. But so much happens behind the scenes to bring that energy instantly to you.

Day 1 is about basics, from how electricity functions to ways it may be generated, transmitted, bought, sold, distributed & used.

You learn about recent electricity technological innovation & evolution (including renewables development, advances in small nuclear, amazing battery breakthroughs & more).

You also discover how the Smart Grid is transforming electricity storage, transmission, distribution & pricing. Finally, we discuss evolving policy, such as net-zero implications for electricity.

Day 2 covers electricity industry restructuring, an ongoing global trend. Alberta’s electricity industry restructured early & now is more of a marketplace than a utility. Other provinces, like Ontario, have restructured differently, according to their needs.

We explain why jurisdictions restructure & why restructuring will continue. How does restructuring affect the Canadian public? Your organization? Your career? We consider all these questions with you & the other participants.

Electricity industry veteran Chris Best is your guide, bringing 25+ years of experience to the course.

Not only does Chris present electricity basics, but because he has been working at the cutting edge of the industry—dealing with emissions mitigation & renewable energy technologies—he also explains the vital role electricity plays in our increasingly carbon constrained world.

A few good reasons for attending this electricity course:

To learn how electricity affects your organization & your role
To fill electricity knowledge gaps
To ask real-time questions of the instructor, Chris Best, an approachable electricity expert
To grasp how generation, transmission & distribution provide electricity effectively to consumers
To understand electricity transactions & markets: the many ways to buy, sell & profit from electricity
To discover the latest technical innovations in electricity & the purposes they serve
To consider electricity’s future technical promise & possible restructuring pathways

Some important questions the electricity course answers:

The basics: what is electricity & how does it behave?
The essentials: how do generation, transmission & distribution interact to power society?
The evolution: in this century, many jurisdictions have shifted from coal-fired electricity generation to other forms. What are these forms? How are things working out?
The economics: how can money be made from electricity in the 2020’s? (Hint: read next 4 points!)
The policies: how has policy & regulation changed in Canada? What do policy trends look like?
The environment: how can a greater role for electricity in the energy mix reduce carbon emissions?
The technologies: Batteries, smart metering, CCS, renewables, small nuclear, hydrogen & other developing technologies — what will they do for Canadians, not to mention the rest of the world?
The future: will electricity evolution become revolution? What may hold it back or push it forward?

Electricity Course Outline

Electricity Fundamentals

Introduction
Basic Concepts
Electricity Industry Overview
Generation
Transmission
Distribution
System Operations
Pricing & Rates
Regulation & Ownership
Electricity & the Environment
Wind Energy & Other Options for the Energy Mix

Electricity Restructuring

Introduction
Industry Restructuring in Canada & abroad
Wholesale Market Operation
Retail Market Operation
Capacity Market Operation
The Burgeoning Smart Grid
Alberta Wholesale Market
Alberta Market Governance
Ontario Power Market
US Market Example
Conclusions

Electricity Course Support Materials & Assessment

Quizzes, participant-centered activities & access to videos shown in class
A course completion certificate & 16 Personal Development Hours (PDH)
Industry case studies, economic models & other exercises

Who Should Attend The Electricity Course?

Newcomers to the Electricity industry
People already working in Electricity looking for more comprehensive understanding of their field
First Nations considering entry to electricity markets & renewables projects on their traditional lands
Power producers, transmission entities, distributors
Regulators
Government agencies
Utilities
Energy marketers
Investment firms
Consulting groups

Business Analysts
Financial Analysts & Planners
Advisors
Consumer Mediation Officers
Policy Analysts
Auditors
Energy Lawyers

Oak Leaf Energy Training was incorporated in April 2010, a spin-off of the Training Services Department of the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI).

Oak Leaf’s President, Jon Rozhon, was the former head of CERI’s Training Services Department and, until 2016, also served as Senior Researcher at the Institute.

Oak Leaf offers in-house training and bespoke courses throughout North America and the world.

Over 200 organizations — major oil & gas companies, utilities, governments, and NGO’s — have sent their personnel to Oak Leaf courses during our many years in business.

Continuity is one reason why they have done this: Oak Leaf offers updated versions of the core CERI courses that were attended by over 5000 people and retained CERI’s finest instructors.

Oak Leaf has carried on in the spirit of CERI, which sadly ceased operations in 2022, by offering independent, relevant, practical training that is up to date with the latest energy industry technology, economics, and policy.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide — at a reasonable price — relevant, independent energy industry training to industry, government, and interested members of the general public.

We will continue to work with industry leaders to develop understandable learning materials, practical economic models, and dynamic courses useful to people in the context of their work.

We will strive to present clearly, and without bias, all sides of the issues the energy industry faces today and into the future.

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