Education and Training

Electric Industry and Markets Training Programs

Understanding the complex and dynamic electric industry requires specialized training led by industry experts.  The Texas Institute provides comprehensive, expert-lead training programs designed to help everyone from new hires to industry veterans learn about the industry and successfully apply the knowledge in their careers and business opportunities.  Our courses are ideal for individuals and organizations who desire a working knowledge of the U.S. and Texas electric industries with specific, practical applications for their organization.  This includes those who are new hires, currently work in the industry, or provide services to the industry.

The Texas Institute’s experts provide custom training courses in the following areas:

  • Electricity Industry for Non-Electrical Engineering Professionals and Executives: Throughout this course, you will become familiar with the principles of the U.S. electric market, its structure, terminology, generation, transmission and distribution, getting power to consumers, reliability and redundancy, roles and relationships of market participants including electricity generators, transmission and distribution providers, retailers, industrial, commercial, and residential consumers, how it affects your business, as well as insider lessons from our experts not taught anywhere else.
  • Electricity Markets: This course studies the different types of electricity markets in the U.S., how they are regulated, governed, impacted by levels of supply and demand, how cost is affected by service offerings in each market, wholesale markets basics, trading arrangements, power marketers, and standards contracts.
  • Electrical System Understanding: In this course, you will learn about the physical electrical system from generation to consumption, including terminology, how electricity is measured, and the fundamental laws of electricity.  You will also study demand response, fuel basics, the difference between capacity and energy by fuel type, load shape by fuel mix, and cost impacts.
  • Texas Electric Market Overview:  In this course, you will learn about the history and current status of the Texas deregulation system, the role and importance of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), how the market operates from generation to consumption, the nodal, wholesale, and retails markets, the infrastructure layout of the state’s grid, the different categories of market participants, opportunities and risks, and why the state’s grid is distinctly different from anywhere else in the nation.
  • Smart Grid 101: This course defines the smart grid, what it brings to the electricity industry, why it’s an important part of our energy future, and how it affects your business.  You will become familiar with smart grid technologies, including smart meters, smart appliances, the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid, and other new innovations designed to enable two-way communication for increased efficiency and enhanced reliability.
  • Renewable Energy 101:  In this course, you will develop an understanding of the different types of renewable energy sources available, how they are integrated with the electric grid, how they will play a big role in the nation’s future, and key issues regarding policy, technology, cost, and incentives.
  • Cyber Security:  Throughout this course, you will learn about risks associated with computer security, monitoring and protection procedures specific to security activities, methodology for developing security projects, including how to protect your assets and create an effective response plan, and current cyber security risks facing our nation today.

While we provide comprehensive knowledge about the subjects listed, we specialize in customizing our training courses for the individual needs of our clients.  When companies request training from us, they often have specific objectives to achieve.  Some organizations require programs focused heavily on a specific topic, such as policy issues.  Others prefer courses focused on fundamentals that will help them gain success in a particular segment of the power industry, such as the smart grid sector.  We tailor our courses to our clients’ needs to ensure they receive the maximum benefits from our training programs.

The Texas Institute’s unique, customized training programs offer benefits not found elsewhere.  Our courses are flexible and tailored to your needs with our experts coming to you.  We understand that attending off-site training courses are time-consuming and generally nonflexible in their curriculum design.  To ensure maximum value, we collaborate with our clients to determine the ideal program length, course material, and objectives while working within your budget to ensure the highest quality education possible.

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Our experts have decades of industry experience with high-quality presentation skills that make the training courses engaging, enjoyable, and most importantly, highly effective.   For more information on The Texas Institute training programs designed to meet your business needs, call us at (972) 883-5181 or email us This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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