1. The properties of electricity including voltage, AC power, direct current, reactive power (vars) and other electric power terms and concepts.
2. The basic concept of how AC electromagnetic generators and AC motors work, and why reactive power can be an important issue for industrials and solar generation resources.  
3. The difference between real power (MW) and electrical energy (MWh), and why the power industry can have negative prices during off-peak hours.
4. An overview of the North American electric service system (T&D wires and generation), and how it functions.
5. How power moves across transmission lines, and what line losses, shrinkage, var support, ancillary services, and parallel flows are.
6. The difference between AC and DC high voltage power lines.
7. How the North American power industry is set up, the locations of the six North American AC power grids, and how the electric bulk transmission and distribution systems are structured.
8. What control areas and balancing authorities are, and how they "keep the lights on.".
9. What the definition and role is of the AGC system, spinning reserve, quick start capacity and load shedding.
10. How control areas, balancing authorities, and ISOs prepare the pre-hour operating schedule, and why ISOs and RTOs are fundamentally just large control areas.
11. How the re-dispatch of generating units can impact the availability of power line transmission capacity.
12. What the terms lambda and security constrained-environmental-economic dispatch mean.

1. What control areas and balancing authorities are, and how they "keep the lights on.".
2. What the definition and role is of the AGC system, spinning reserve, quick start capacity and load shedding.
3. How control areas, balancing authorities, and ISOs prepare the pre-hour operating schedule, and why ISOs and RTOs are fundamentally just large control areas.
4. How the re-dispatch of generating units can impact the availability of power line transmission capacity.
5. What the terms lambda and security constrained-environmental-economic dispatch mean.

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John Adamiak is President and Founder of PGS Energy Training and an expert in energy derivatives and electric power markets. Mr. Adamiak is a well-known and highly effective seminar presenter who has over 20 years experience in the natural gas and electric power industries. His background includes 15 years as a seminar instructor, 9 years of energy transaction experience, and 6 years of strategic planning and venture capital activities. John's academic background includes an M.B.A. degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

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