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14.43J - Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies

14.43J/15.031J Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies (Spring 2012, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Richard Schmalensee. This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments through a number of frameworks to describe and explain behavior at various levels of aggregation. Examples include a wide range of countries, scope, settings, and analytical approaches. (from ocw.mit.edu)

This lecture focuses on future challenges that await grid technology on the policy, economic, and technological fronts. RD&D and dynamic pricing are offered as avenues toward solutions, though the primary issues still rests in policy and regulation.

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