The overarching theme of my work is designing operating frameworks for energy access in heterogenous resource-constrained settings. I am working on control architectures for community-scale microgrids, developing optimization models for effective energy rationing to manage the limited energy affordable for low-income customers, and developing a bench-top low-power test bed for validating some of these frameworks.
Project
Optimal Energy Rationing for Prepaid Electricity Customers
Energy rationing is an everyday reality for households experiencing high energy burdens. A particularly vulnerable group of customers consists of those on prepaid programs. We are developing an optimization-based framework to help such customers effectively use their limited energy budget by prioritizing the use of appliances that meet their critical needs and avoid the disruptions and fees associated with disconnections. Learn more.
Publications
Maitreyee Marathe
Maitreyee received the BTech degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India in 2018, the MS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 2021, where she is currently working towards the PhD degree advised by Prof. Line Roald and Prof. Giri Venkataramanan. Her doctoral minor is in Energy Analysis and Policy. Her research interests include developing operating frameworks for energy access in resource-constrained settings such as community-scale remote microgrids and home energy management for low-income customers.
Contact: mmarathe@wisc.edu