Over the past decades, two things have become increasingly apparent: first, climate change and associated environmental impacts are pressing issues, and second, despite this growing threat, existing policies still fall far short. The goal of my research, and what I hope for the …
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Natural disasters are occurring increasingly around the world, causing significant economic losses. To alleviate their adverse effect, it is crucial to plan what should be done in response to them in a proactive manner. This research aims at developing proactive and real-time re…
This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, "Finance, Public Goods, and Migration'', I show that shocks to the supply of municipal credit affect both the quantity and quality of local public goods provision, and through this channel, resident migration. I us…
To tackle global climate change, the United States must lower its large carbon footprint. An extensive data exploration was undertaken to understand the United States’ energy past and future under carbon constraint using a blended mix of historical and simulation data. Historica…
With the rapid development of battery technologies, battery energy storage systems (BESSs) have been allocated as great candidates for various types of ancillary service application in the power systems. On the other hand, many power systems around the world have opened their an…
The complexity of the electric grid is increasing as a variety of different renewable energy sources are being added to it. This requires the formulation of more advanced and accurate short-term electric load forecasting (STLF) techniques for smooth operation of the grid. The wo…
Electric power systems play a major role in modem society and electricity is essential for economic development as well as poverty eradication. A modern power system’s primary function is to satisfy the system load and energy requirements at the lowest cost with a reliable power…