McCombs School of Business
Texas Executive Education
Executive Education : Open Enrollment Programs : Introduction to Electric Power and the Economics & Technology of the Electric Power Value Chain
Title: Economics and Technology of Electric Power Enroll
Dates: TBA for fall 2008
Registration Deadline: 3 weeks prior to program start date
Late Registration (within 3 weeks): Contact Registrar' Office to check space availability.
Duration: 2 day program: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Offered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Houston Branch
1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019
Faculty: Dr. Ross Baldick, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cost: $2400 (Fall ’08). Fee includes all program materials, breakfast, breaks, and lunch for each day. Team rates and alumni discounts available. Registration is not complete until payment is received.

Participant Resources:

Description

Participants in this program will gain a working understanding of electric power. The program explores global electric power value chain economics, technology, policy/regulatory issues, business strategies and trends. Global market conditions, US and international case studies, oil market outlooks and sample project investments will be utilized for better understanding and hand-on experience.

Benefits:

  • Understand and discuss technical issues in the electric utility industry
  • Gain an understanding of the issues through analogies between electric power and familiar experiences
  • Review key value chain economics, business, and technology features impacting electric power investment projects
  • Gain a perspective on strategic planning for governments and investors
  • Identify sources of political and business risk related to country risk assessment and risk management considerations
  • Discover relationships between electric power value chains and economic development including drivers for global electricity supply-demand balances and prices
  • Learn the role technology and technological innovation play in the electric power value chain

Continuing Education Units

Participants earn 1.40 continuing education units (CEU) or 14 (CPE) and a Texas Executive Education certificate.