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A study on time series estimates of indirect carbon emissions per unit of power consumption, and baseline emissions for power sector till 2015 is presented. The need to monitor carbon emissions arises because of Kyoto Protocol and the substantial investments its likely to generate for the Indian power sector.

An assessment of the housing demand functions for the Bombay Metropolitan Region has been established using a two-step econometric analysis. Regression results gathered from one of the two steps showed that the hedonic price index for different regions in Bombay is ancillary to housing, neighborhood and expenditure characteristics. It was also established that income elasticities for owners and tenants range between 0.33 and 0.38 respectively, while price elasticities for the two average about -0.21 and -0.75 correspondingly. Such figures clearly support the idea that housing demand is inelastic as regards to income and prices.

Twelve different demand site management (DSM) programs, which may be applied in a number of industries in India, are evaluated with regards to economic and environmental effects, costs, and gives yearly targets from 1995 to 2010. The DSM programs are shown to reduce power demand significantly by as much as 24,616 MW and scale down electricity needs to 113 TWh by the year 2010. The program is also projected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions levels to about 87.7 million tons.

A long-term simulation model of the Indian economy's macroeconomic behavior is developed. The model simulates macroeconomic growth and energy demand scenarios at the same time, thus showing the interdependence of macroeconomic development and the energy industry. The Indian economy is first divided into agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, of which the energy industry is part of the latter, but is associated with both sectors.

India's bright economic prospects could result in a higher demand for petroleum products in the country. In this regard, energy planners should address the issue of growing demand to help the country prepare for potential petroleum shortages. Product-specific factors that affect petroleum demand and demand forecasts for specific petroleum products are generated using econometric models based on time series data.

An interruptible load management (ILM) scheme is proposed using dynamic Optimal Power Flow analysis. It enables real-time selection of interruptible loads incorporating network constraints and dynamic restriction on generation viz. ramp-rate limits. The model provides an analytical framework for addressing several important issues associated with optimal selection of load curtailment e.g. advance notification for load curtailment, short-term price discounts and long-term discounts on demand-charges, power factor of the load and customer-cost associated with the load to be curtailed, and system security. A six-bus example illustrates the proposed methodology. Keywords: Interruptible Load management, Optimal Power Flow, Discount on Spot-Price, Discount on Demand-Charge

The paper discusses the major planning issues pertaining to economic operation of power system in India viz. integrated operation of the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) through formation of National Grid, optimal sharing of central sector generation by the SEBs, time-of-day pricing policy for power trading among the SEBs, optimal expansion of National Grid and streamlining the coal production and transportation for optimal system operation. A multi-area linear programming (LP) model NATGRID is developed to quantify the benefits from National Grid operation, suggest optimal sharing norms for central sector generation and formulate time-of-day pricing scheme for interutility power trading. Four interregional transmission projects are identified by exploiting the duals of the LP problem, for expansion of National Grid. The bottlenecks in coal production and transportation systems are indicated and the system cost savings from removing them are quantified. The analysis aims at encouraging and motivating the utilities to accept the idea of co-operation and making investment more cost-effective.