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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Electric Industry Operations and Markets by Duke University

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About the Course

This is a two week course. In the first week you will learn about the core activities that the Industry executes to bring electricity to customers. We will review what electricity is, how it is generated, how it is transmitted, how it comes into buildings, and how consumption of electricity instantly feeds back on the transmission and generation of electricity. You will learn to: Define what electricity is; Describe how electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed; Describe how electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed; and Summarize how the consumption of electric energy instantly feeds back on the transmission and generation of electricity. In the second week, the course shifts to the markets that drive Electric Industry operations. You will learn about the various costs of the electric industry’s core activities, how electricity is priced, the various ways that electric markets are structured, how these market structures determine which power plants are dispatched to produce electricity when, and how recent changes in generator fuel prices, generation technology, market regulations, and environmental regulations are transforming both Electric Industry Markets and Operations. You will learn to: Describe the main cost components to the electric system; Compare the costs of different types of power plants; Interpret the retail pricing of electricity; Explain the different types of electric markets and understand how they operate to dispatch electric supply to meet demand in real time; and Explain why and how the electric industry is regulated....

Top reviews

DJ

Aug 10, 2020

Content was easy to follow and digest - it was a good refresher course for me as I've been in the industry for some time, but within the IT discipline. Learned some new things along the way too.

RR

Mar 11, 2026

I really liked this course. It helped me to better understand the industry. I would recommend vetting the peered reviewed final assignments before peer reviews. Some of them were not applicable.

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By Caesar P

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Nov 1, 2021

Very informative and useful. This course met all my expectations.

By kevin k

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Aug 2, 2024

Un excellent cours... Dommage qu'il n y ait pas eu plus de module

By Junaid S

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Aug 18, 2023

It gives me a good knowlegde of Indusrty operations and Marktes

By Manjunath A S

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May 21, 2020

It will help to enhance my technical knowledge..Thank u...

By Pedro F F

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Feb 3, 2021

very good knowledge of the instructor but a bit boring

By Ray S

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Feb 18, 2026

Nicely broken down, and surprisingly interesting

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By Anuj K

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Aug 28, 2019

thanks, coursera for this beautigul course.

By Nathan S

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Apr 17, 2026

Good intro, but material is very dated.

By Nilam S

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Jan 6, 2026

Excellent & Easy course to understand

By ARJUN J

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Sep 29, 2020

informative course and good lecture

By mohammad s

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Mar 28, 2021

practical and comprehensive course

By Ibrahim K

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Jun 28, 2025

Excellent and useful course

By Revanth M C

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May 11, 2020

very great course

By Nihar B

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Dec 25, 2025

Very Good Course

By Pushpendra K

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Sep 21, 2020

Good course

By ANSHULI V

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Jun 24, 2020

Nice course

By Ameena j

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Sep 5, 2020

good couse

By 44.Pokale K

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Jul 25, 2020

VERY GOOD

By Amit K S

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Jul 20, 2021

good

By Vasanthi S

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Apr 11, 2025

Good

By Kees G

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Feb 13, 2023

Good

By SENTHIL K N

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Jul 30, 2021

good

By KRISHAN G S

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Sep 2, 2020

good

By Rashid I B

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Aug 24, 2020

Good