The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) publishes five quarterly Transactions publications: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, and IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. The areas covered by each can be found in Part 2 of the PES Author’s Kit.

Basic guidelines for preparing papers for the IEEE Power & Energy Society are provided in Part 4 of the Author’s Kit. Information is given regarding desktop publishing format, type sizes, and typefaces. Style rules are provided that explain how to handle equations, units, figures, tables, references, abbreviations, and acronyms. Sections are also devoted to the preparation of acknowledgments, references, and authors' biographies. An example of the desired layout for papers is provided in PDF format and as a Microsoft Word template.

Transactions papers are limited to eight pages. Papers exceeding eight pages will be subject to mandatory page charges.

An author submits a manuscript by uploading a word processing file (.doc, .rtf, or .ps) of the paper directly onto Manuscript Central, a site on the World Wide Web where papers can be accessed by the Transactions Editors-in-Chief, Editors, and Reviewers. It will be converted to a PDF file by the system. (It is recommended that the PDF file be under 1 MB. Papers exceeding this file size may require a longer review time.) See Part 2 of the Author’s Kit for complete instructions.

Upon acceptance of a paper for publication, the author is required to upload the following final files to Manuscript Central:

• Latex or Microsoft Word source file of the paper
• PDF file of the paper
• Separate graphics files in Word, eps, ps, tiff, ppt or Excel format if the graphics are not embedded in the source file
• Biosketches and photos of all authors.

In addition, the author will be required to submit a completed IEEE Copyright Form electronically via Manuscript Central if it was not completed during the initial submission of the paper.

A proof of the paper will be sent to the corresponding author for review and approval.

The IEEE PES Executive Office handles the submission of discussions and closures. Please see Part 5 of the Author’s Kit for complete submission requirements and deadlines. It is recommended that discussions and closures be limited to one formatted page including figures and tables, though contributions of up to 1500 words will be accepted. Discussions and closures may be rejected if they exceed the page limit and they must be submitted to the IEEE PES Executive Office by the deadline date. The IEEE PES Executive Office will forward copies of all written discussions to the corresponding author of the subject Transactions paper and will request that a written closure be submitted. Closures must be submitted within three weeks (five weeks outside of North and Central America) of the request. If there is no response by the deadline, it will be assumed that no closure will be supplied.

This section of the Transactions offers a vehicle that speeds publication of new results, discoveries, and developments. The section affords authors the opportunity to publish contributions within a few months of submission to ensure rapid dissemination of ideas and timely archiving of developments in our rapidly changing field. Original and significant contributions in applications, case studies, and research in all fields of power engineering are invited. Of specific interest are contributions defining emerging problems and special needs in specific areas. Authors are encouraged to submit contributions to the Letters Section offering new insight to established techniques, concepts, and methodologies in electric power engineering. Such contributions are distinctly different from discussions of papers recently published in the Transactions, in that the former seek to broaden the scope, and point to potential enhancements to existing and established technologies.

Submissions are limited to two formatted pages. Those exceeding this limit will not be reviewed. An author submits a manuscript by uploading a word processing file (.doc, .rtf, or .ps) of the letter directly onto Manuscript Central where it can be accessed by the Power Engineering Letters Editor-in-Chief, Editors, and Reviewers. It will be converted to a PDF file by the system. See Part 2 of the Author’s Kit for complete instructions.

It is the policy of the IEEE to own the copyright to the technical contributions it publishes on behalf of the interests of the IEEE, its authors, and their employers, and to facilitate the appropriate reuse of this material by others. To comply with United States copyright law, authors are required to sign and submit a completed IEEE Copyright Form. This form returns to authors and their employers full rights to reuse their material for their own purposes.

After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author or his/her company or institution will be requested to pay a charge of $110 per page, for the first eight published pages, to cover part of the cost of publication. Payment will not be obligatory nor a prerequisite for publication. The author will receive 100 free reprints without covers if the charge is honored.

The author or his/her company or institution will be billed $110 per each page in excess of the first eight published pages. Payment of these charges is not negotiable or voluntary. Further, submission by the author of his/her manuscript to these Transactions signifies acceptance of the requirement to pay mandatory page charges. The Publisher holds the right to withhold publication of the current submission or any future submissions from the author if this charge is not honored.

IEEE now offers the option to print figures in grayscale but post online free of charge. Any color figures submitted will be automatically processed by IEEE for online color. Figures may also be printed in color for a charge of $1045.00 (set-up) plus an additional $62.50 per color figure. Payment of these charges is not negotiable or voluntary.