- Operational issues in a competitive electricity market environment (e.g. reactive power markets)
- Market design and auction mechanisms
- Ancillary service management
- Pricing models
- Development of dispatch tools for demand-side power management (Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)/ Demand Response (DR)) including Distributed Generation (DG) and price uncertainties
- Probabilistic and stochastic Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems
- Load and price forecasting
- Smart grid
- Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs)