PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA   DE   CHILE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS - PROF. HUGH RUDNICK

STUDENT REPORTS (in Spanish)

(These documents are undergraduate student homework reports produced in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 , 2003 , 2004,  2005,  2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,  and 2011 courses on electricity and energy markets. These reports have not been edited nor checked and may have errors. They are only included as sample information of the subject areas being covered by students in the courses) 

2011

Reports from Electricity Markets
CO2 emission calculation in the SING	Risk management of energy supply
Technical criteria for transmission expansion	Transmission business model for renewables
Transmission right of way benchmarking	Feasibility of Itaipu-Santiago line
Strategies to cope with CO2	A systemic approach for a power project
Transmission tariffs for renewables	Reliability of wind-hydro systems
Large consumers in the SIC	The shale gas revolution
Energy price risk management instruments	Forestry biomass energy in Chile

2010

Reports from Electricity Markets
Native forest law and renewables	Renewables in practice
Restoration of power supply	Ancillary services
Electric vehicles-network conection	Impact of distributed generation
Renewables' technologies	Integration of renewables
Large wind integration	SING interconection
Prepayment schemes	Impact of earthquake on distribution
Reports from Energy Markets
Barrancones and other coal plants	LNG prices in Chile-present and future
Enap and Petrobras-a critical comparison	Fuel cells- an update
Geothermal heat pumps	Carbon taxes
Nuclear public acceptance	Mexican electricity sector
Coal plant mitigation costs	Renewable supply bids
Renewable participation in energy matrix	Energy efficiency costs

2009

Reports from Electricity Markets
Photovoltaic energy in Chile	A business model for a nuclear plant
Emmission standards for thermogeneration	Auctions/Licitaciones
Smart grid regulatory challenges	Market concentration in Chile
Energy matrix and prices	Transmission rights in Chile
Electricity demand and crisis in Chile	Environmental impacts of renewables
Electricity prices and the copper industry	The Russian electricity market

Reports from Energy Markets
Cogeneration in Chile	Ethanol in Chile
Copenhagen 2009	Solar plants
Energy matrix of different countries	Impact of the renewables law
Carbon footprint of Argentina, Chile and Brazil	Electricity in transport
Environmental studies for electric projects in Chile	Tariff schemes for renewables
Profitability of electric companies

2008

Reports from Electricity Markets
Generation investment in competitive markets	Model companies for tariff regulation
Electrical investment in Chile	Strategic definitions in energy
Distribution network efficiency and renewables	The Chilean renewables law
Cost of CO2 capture-sequestration	Brazilian rationing model
Evaluation of legal changes	Public policy in energy
Indexes for security of supply	Evaluation of Chilean regulatory institutions
The Argentinean market	Evolution of generation technologies

Reports from Energy Markets
Property of generation in Chile	Demand elasticity
Horizontal integration in distribution in Chile	Water rights
Schemes to deal with risks	Evaluation of energy interconections
Energy storage	Coal generation technologies
Comparison of gas pipe regulations	Prices of fuels
Contracts for wind energy

2007

Natural gas supply	Demand response mechanisms
Facts in Chile	Hydrogen energy in Chile
Energy from the sea	The expert panel
N-1 criteria in the Chilean regulation	The challenges of Kyoto 1012
The Italian electric market	Economic feasibility of nuclear generation in Chile

2006

Subsidies for electricity	Contract auctions in Chile
Real options in electric markets	Tariffs for reactive power
Subtransmission regulation	Capacity markets
Optimum economic availability	Capacity payments through call options
Swap gas markets in Chile	Renaissance of run-of-river plants
The Bolivian market	Bio fuels in Chile
Electricity prices	GNL dispatch
The Brazilian market	Alternatives to GNL
Competition for transmission expansion	Energy rings
Bylaw for small renewable generation

2005

Compensations for non supply	The Colombian Power Exchange
Geothermal generation	The expert panel in the new law
Clean development mechanisms	Liquified Natural Gas
The Panama market	Capacity payments for renewable energies

2004

The impact of resolutions 240 and 406 in Argentina	The growth of the retail market in the new law
Carbon funds for electric projects	The Chilean electric market dependence on Argentinean gas
100 MW fuel cell generator	New developments in the Brazilian market
Transmission in the new law (ley corta)

2003

The 2001crisis in Brazil	Chilean law changes (ley corta)
The rol of the State as regulator in Chile	Distributed generation
Non regulated markets	Transmission pricing in the SING
Alternative generation	Thermoelectric plants and the market
Spanish deregulation	Market deregulation after California

2002

Energy dependence of the Chilean market	The gas market in Latinamerica
SIC (Chile) - SADI (Argentina) interconnection	SIC-SING  interconnection
Chilean law change proposal (Ley corta)	Enron
Oasis

2001

Company ownership and contracts in Chile	Nuclear plants in Chilean supply
Natural gas transport	International interconnections and their teachings for Chile
Natural gas distribution	Capacity payments and tariffs- international experience
The Flow Gates concept in transmission regulation	Transmission reliability
Trading in the electricity market	The PJM market organization model versus the California model
Computer tools and models for deregulated markets

2000

Deregulated markets in Australia and New Zealand	The California Power Exchange
The Colombian power market	Costing of ancillary services
Suppliers	Supply contracts
Large consumers in Latin America	Impact of faults in industry
Vertical integration in Chile (electricity, phones, water)	Chile-Argentina interconection
Gas networks in Latin America

1999

Combined Cycle Gas turbines	Open acces tariffs in distribution networks
Duke International in Chile and Latinamerica	The power sector in Paraguay and Ecuador
Development of the Nordic electric market	Regulatory bodies in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile
Electricity tariffs in Asia and Oceania	The Buenos Aires blackout of February 1999
Evolution of the British market	The Chilean Northern Interconnected System (SING)
Financial risk in electric companies in Latinamerica	The reform of the Spanish power market
Fines and quality of service	Internet in the power market
Pricing of ancillary services	Organizations of electricity consumers
Power sector deregulation in Mexico

1998

Privatization of the electricity sector in Brazil	Electricity markets in Africa
Electricity markets in China	Uncertainties in the Chilean power generation business
Northamerican electric sector deregulation	Endesa España in Chile and Latinamerica
Electricity markets of East Europe	Electric equipment in Chile
Frecuency regulation	SIC and SING interconection
Rural electrification in Chile

1997

Projection of natural gas demand	Electric generation competitivines in Chile
The Brazilian electrical energy market	Alternative pooling schemes
International electric interconections from Chile	Environment legislation and the electric sector
Electricity transmission versus gas transport	Cost of environmental restrictions for the power industry

1996

Economies of scale in generation and transmission	Ownership of electric utilities
Indicative plans as determined by the regulator	Ancillary services
Evolution of energy prices	Evolution of rates to final consumers
Financial results of electric companies .

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