Module (01) Bulk Electricity System

• 1.1               Generation System
• 1.2               Transmission System
• 1.3               North American Electricity Reliability Council (NERC) STANDARDS and REQUIREMENTS

Module (02) Energy Markets

• 2.1               Real Time Market
• 2.2               Day Ahead Market
• 2.3               Bilateral Contracts
• 2.3.1        Terms and Structures of Renewable Contracts
• 2.3.2        FIT in Tariffs in Canada
• 2.4               Physical versus Financial Transactions
• 2.4.1          Generator Offers into Market
• 2.4.2          Dispatchable Loads

Module (03) Load Forecasting Methodology

• 3.1            3Weather Forecasts
• 3.2            Simulation, Optimization, Sensitivity Analysis
• 3.3            Forecasting Methodologies and statistical techniques, Neural-Net modeling, End-Use modeling, Metrix ND & LT)
• 3.4            Weather Normalization and Probability Distribution Tools

Module (04) Load Demand Patterns

• 4.1            Short Term Load Forecasting Models: Operating Time Frame
• 4.2            Long Term Load Forecasting Models: Planning Time Frame
• 4.3            Weather Normal load forecasting 

Module (05) Volumetric Risk

• 5.1            Weather Response
• 5.2            Weather Derivatives
• 5.3            How can data be used for decision making?
• 5.4            What data will be needed in future?
• 5.5            What data should be collected (and analyzed) now?

Module (06) Long Term Planning

• 6.1            Reliability Criteria
• 6.2            Generation Reserve Margin
• 6.3            Loss of Load Probability
• 6.4            Loss of Load Expectation
• 6.5            Variable generation and their impact on the LOLP, LOLE
• 6.6            Capacity Planning
• 6.6.1        Renewable Generation
• 6.6.2        Demand Management
• 6.6.3        Case Study

Module (07) Short Term Planning

• 7.1          Day Ahead
• 7.2          Real Time
• 7.3          Secure Islanding of Power Plants
• 7.4          Operating Reserves in a System With Renewable Generation

Module (08) System Controls for Power Quality for Demand

• 8.1          Power Electronics
• 8.1.1        Static VAR Compensators
• 8.1.2        Voltage and VAR Control
• 8.1.3        Smart Inverters 

Module (09) Demand Side Management and the Physical System

• 9.1          Load Frequency Control
• 9.2          Load Pricing Control & Load Shedding

Module (10) Demand Side Management

• 10.1      Energy Asset Programs: Integrate technical and financial elements under a single contract agreement
• 10.2      Utility Service Agreement
• 10.3      Customer Benefits
• 10.4      Data Management and Analytics for Utilities
• 10.5      Big Data: How can Data be used for Decision Making?
• 10.6      Dispatchable Loads 

 Module (11) Characteristics of Wind and Solar Power Generation

• 11.1      Short Term variability of a Photovoltaic Plant
• 11.2      Commercial
• 11.3      Residential
• 11.4      Impact of Renewables on the Demand Side Management Programs
• 11.5      Adjustment Energy Cost

Module (12) Energy Storage

• 12.1      State of the art in energy storage
• 12.2      Fly Wheels
• 12.3      Type of Storage
• 12.4      Electrical Vehicles
• 12.5      Impact on Demand Side Management Programs 

Module (13) Smart Meter Infrastructure

• 13.1      Smart Meters: its evolution
• 13.2      Smart Meters: the new generation
• 13.3      Metering Infrastructure Standards
• 13.4      Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Module (14) Smart Meter Ecosystem

• 14.1      Utility data analytics industry ecosystem
• 14.2      Smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for energy storage
• 14.3      Advanced grid Controls and Sensors
• 14.4      Accessible energy data for end-use demand response
• 14.5      Innovative policies and adaptive social infrastructure (still in development) 

Module (15) Interoperability

• 15.1      Controllers for Local Energy Networks
• 15.2      Residential Energy Management Systems
• 15.3      Financial Impacts of Smart Energy Technologies
• 15.4      The Transactive Energy Model

Module (16) Advanced Grid Applications

• 16.1      Components of Smart Enabling Demand Response, Storage and Distributed Energy Resources 

Module (17) Architectural Platforms

• 17.1      Roadmap and Architecture
• 17.2      Centralized versus Un-centralized Architecture
• 17.3      Systems Interface Architecture
• 17.4      Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

Module (18) Internet of Things (of Everything) – IOT/IOE

• 18.1      The Next Generation of IOT
• 18.2      Move from Thermostat to Full Control
• 18.3      The Future of IOT/IOE 

Module (19) Internet of Things World Forum Reference Model

• 19.1      Why it impacts the DSM Programs
• 19.2      Two Way Controls: Remote and at Home
• 19.3      The Power of Virtual Devices
• 19.4      SMART DEVICES
• 19.5      Smart Home of the Future : Telecom, Energy, Health
• 19.6      The Home as an Enterprise
• 19.7      Data Centric Architecture
• 19.8      More Big Data

Module (20) Semantic Technologies and the Internet of Services

• 20.1      Business Objects
• 20.2      Business Services in the Smart Grid