Matias Negrete-Pincetic

I am a postdoctoral associate working at the Energy and Resources Group and the Center for Control and Identification at the University of California, Berkeley.

My research interests include Power and Energy Systems, Electricity Market Design, Markov Decision Process, Complex Systems and Economics.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working under the supervision of Prof. Sean Meyn.

My research was focused on understanding the impact of uncertainty, volatility and dynamics on the operation and planning of power and energy systems and their associated markets.

A central idea of my work has been that the definition of products is critical in electricity markets. When markets are constructed with appropriate product definitions in mind, the interference between the physical and the market/financial systems seen in today's markets can be reduced.

A key element of evaluating market designs is understanding the impact that salient features of the grid of the future - uncertainty, dynamics, constraints - can have on the electricity markets. We developed several dynamic electricity market models tailored to capture such features on my Ph.D. work. My research revealed several difficulties with today's real-time markets.

Currently, my research is focused on stochastic optimization and control problems associated to distribution networks, and the development of alternative architectures to organize electricity markets.

Specialties: Operation, control and planning of energy systems. Stochastic dynamic models and control of complex networks. Energy policy and market design.