The Final Exam is a take-home exam and is posted just below!
The Final Exam is now a Take Home Exam. There will be no in-class exam. The Final Exam is due no later than 7:00 pm Tuesday June 13 via email to Professor Haddad, bhaddad@ucsc.edu.
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Here is the Final Exam.
Here is the ratemaking spreadsheet mentioned in the final.
Here is the UCSC building electricity usage data.
Here is the energy system analysis matrix we used in HW #3.
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Prof. Haddad's office hours through the rest of the quarter:
Prof. Haddad's office hours will be as follows, in room 567 Engineering 2 (that is, the usual room):
Wednesday, May 31 - 1:30 (or whenever TIMFUL ends) until 4:00 pm.
Tuesday, June 6 - 1-3 pm
Wednesday June 7 - no office hours
Thursday June 8 - 1-3 pm
Problem Sets
Note: here is the Excel spreadsheet that accompanies Problem Set 3. Download them both!
Here is the answer to question #1 of HW 4, on pollution dispersion.
Download Readings - Following are some of the readings you will need for TIM 155. All of them can also be found through simple searches and free downloads online. The first three occur throughout the quarter, and the rest occur once:
(USEIA) U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2017. Annual Energy Outlook 2017.
(GEA) GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria and Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA. This file is so large you'll need to upload it directly from the website: http://www.globalenergyassessment.org/
Week 1: USEPA, 2015. How we use water in these United States.
Week 3: Energetics, Incorporated, 2015. Energy-Positive Water Resource Recovery: Workshop Report.
Week 4: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2003. Review of World Water Resources
United Nations 2016. World Water Development Report: Water and Jobs. Chapter 2 and chapters15-17
Week 6: Lovins, A. 1976. Energy Strategy: the Road Not Taken? Foreign Policy (October).
Week 8: Portfolio of readings on City of Santa Cruz ratemaking study
--------Public Comments on Water Rates
--------Ratemaking Agenda Report
--------Water Rates and Charges
--------Water Pricing and Objectives
Week 9: Levine and Asano: Recovering Sustainable Water
Committee: Water Reuse: Potetial for Expanding the Nation's Water Supply
Week 10: USDOE: Energy Demands on Water Resources
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Materials mentioned or shown in lectures, and needed for homeworks.
Tuesday, April 4, Lecture 1. Here is the interesting 2006 powerpoint presentation from Wes Hermann in which he provides a clear explanation of exergy (vs. energy), and explains the earth's major sinks and flows of energy.
Here is the powerpoint presentation Professor Haddad shared with the class.
Thursday, April 6, Lecture 2
Tuesday, April 18, Lec 5
Here is the summary of forms of "Capital" needed to operate and maintain energy (and other large-scale infrastructure) systems.
Here is the USGS publication we looked at in class, called Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2010.
Thursday, April 20, Lec 6
Here is the summary of federal regulatory agencies. written by W.L. Sunshine.
Here is the summary of California energy legislation and policy related to energy from Institute for Energy Research.
Here is a PDF from the California Energy Commission depicting California's major electricity transmission lines and who owns them.
We also briefly looked at California regional electricity transmission lines, including Santa Cruz, on this map.
And we looked at materials on the following web sites: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Generic_energy_system_supplying_fuels_and_electricity.svg (energy system graph); https://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/mkt-electric/overview.asp (electric power regional systems); https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/UnitedStatesPowerGrid.jpg (US electricity transmission grid); http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/national_energy_grid/united-states-of-america/california/california-state-electricity-grid.shtml (California transmission lines); https://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/dependstates_map.html (interstate natural gas pipelines).
Tuesday and Thursday, April 25 and 27 (week 4)
Here is the powerpoint on precipitation patterns and pollution dispersion.
Here is the powerpoint on hydropower.
Tuesday and Thursday, May 2 and 4
Tuesday powerpoint slides: Climate Change Introduction
Thursday powerpoint slides: Preparing for Climate Change: Water Agencies
Tuesday and Thursday, May 9 and 11
Solar Energy overview slides (courtesy of Prof. Dan Kammen at UCB)
Powerpoint slides on renewable energy availability in the US
Interview notes with California solar installer
Tuesday and Thursday, May 16 and 18
Here is the website that has the multi-tiered, multi-period residential rate tariff for Santa Cruz residents. http://en.openei.org/apps/IURDB/rate/view/55fc81bc682bea28da64e80a#3__Energy
Here is the PG&E bill we examined.
Here is the course overview Powerpoint we discussed on Thursday.
Tuesday and Thursday, May 23 and 25
Water Finance and Ratemaking Introduction Powerpoint
Tuesday and Thursday, May 30 and June 1
Powerpoint on Santa Cruz financial planning and ratemaking
Powerpoint from Raftelis on ratemaking in Santa Cruz
HOMEWORK SET HELPFUL RESOURCES
Homework Set #1 additional readings
World Water Development Report 2014
The necessary USGS document is just above.
Homework Set #3 additional readings
USEIA Annual Energy Outlook 2015
Homework Set #4
FAO Review of World Resources by Country
World Population Prospects - Key Findings
Homework Set #5
US Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2017
Homework Set #6
Professor Haddad's home electricity consumption data for May 2015-2016
SAM help document (Note that this is the help document for the previous version of SAM, not the 2017 version we are using, so you may have to look online for assistance in some cases.)
Homework Set #7
Sam help document (same as above)
Disability Resources Note: If you are a student with a disability who requires accommodations to achieve equal access in this course, please submit your Accommodation Authorization Letter from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me privately during my office hours or by appointment, preferably within the first two weeks of the quarter. At that time, I would also like to discuss ways we can ensure your full participation in the course. I encourage all students who may benefit from learning more about DRC services to contact DRC by phone at 831-459-2089, or by email at drc@ucsc.edu.
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