- Contemporary SCADA systems and their integration with EMS and DMS. Architecture and functional structure of SCADA/EMS/DMS systems. - Selected chapters in EMS: - Selected generator functions: load management, load shedding, motor start and others. - Selected network functions: Bus Hourly Load Forecast, System based Short-Term Load Forecast, Fault Diagnosis, Fault Analysis, Equipment Outage Scheduling and Switching Sequence Management. - Selected market functions: maximum and available transmission capacities (Network Transfer Capacity – NTC and Available Transfer Capacity – ATC), Network Congestion Management, Energy and Transaction Evaluation, Energy Wheeling, optimization of American market types and Local Marginal Price and Transmission Capacity Auction and Energy Auction. - Selected chapters in Distribution Management Systems (DMS): Optimal reconfiguration of distribution networks; Volt/Var regulation and coordination with optimal reconfiguration; Power losses reduction methodologies; Fault location, isolation and optimal supply restoration; Management of distributed and renewable energy resources; Smart Grid technologies. Part of the course is conducted through individual research and study work in the field of decision-making and optimization. Study and research work includes active following of the primary scientific sources, organization and carrying out of experiment and statistical data processing, numeric simulations, scientific paper writing in the field of the doctoral thesis.