PES Technical Council
COUNCIL OFFICERS (Effective 1 January 2021)
Vijay Vittal, Chair
Hong Chen, Vice Chair
Diane Watkins, Secretary
Farnoosh Rahmatian, Past Chair
PES technical committees work to advance the electric power industry through various activities including identifying current and upcoming challenges, standards development and dissemination of important findings. A list of standards and committees can be found through the links to the left; information about the PES Technical Council is found below.
- Technical Council Meeting Minutes
- Technical Council Organization and Procedures Manual - Updated March 2020
- PES Technical Council Officers and Chairs
Contact information can be found in the PES Organization Chart and Committee Directory - login required - PES members only. - Statement of Purpose and Scope of Activities for the PES Technical Council
New! We are excited to share the formation of the Entity Proposal Management (EPM) Committee. The EPM's purpose is For IEEE PES Technical Council to have an internal process utilizing liaisons to review entity proposals from PES Regional Chapter Councils and other channels' entity proposals may be received. Learn more here.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
- Analytic Methods for Power Systems Committee - Kwok Cheung, Chair
- Electric Machinery Committee - John Yagielski, Chair
- Energy Development and Power Generation Committee - Robert Thornton-Jones, Chair
- Energy Storage and Stationary Battery Committee - Babu Chalamala, Chair
- Insulated Conductors Committee - Henk Geene, Chair
- Nuclear Power Engineering Committee - John White, Chair
- Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee - Craig Preuss, Chair
- Power System Dynamic Performance Committee - Leonardo Lima, Chair
- Power System Instrumentation and Measurements Committee - Ernst Hanique, Chair
- Power System Operation, Planning and Economics Committee - Fran Li, Chair
- Power System Relaying and Control Committee - Murty Yalla, Chair
- Smart Buildings, Loads and Customer Systems - Ron Melton, Chair
- Substations Committee - Patrick Fitzgerald, Chair
- Surge Protective Devices Committee - Steven Hensley, Chair
- Switchgear Committee - Keith Flowers, Chair
- Transformers Committee - Bruce Forsyth, Chair
- Transmission and Distribution Committee - Surya Santoso, Chair
COORDINATING COMMITTEES
- Energy Internet Coordinating Commitee - Hongbin Sun, Chair
- Intelligent Grid and Emerging Technologies Coordinating Committee - Doug Houseman, Chair
- Marine Systems Coordinating Committee - Dwight Alexander, Chair
- Renewable Systems Integration Coordinating Committee - Andrew Leon, Chair
STANDING COMMITTEES
- Awards Committee - Farnoosh Rahmatian, Chair
- Organization & Procedures Committee - Diane Watkins, Chair
- Power and Energy Education Committee - Siddharth Suryanarayanan, Chair
- Standards Coordination Committee - Ted Burse, Chair
- Technical Sessions Committee - Hong Chen, Chair
- Entity Proposal Management Committee - Farnoosh Rahamatian, Chair
For General Questions about how to get involved with a specific PES Technical or Coordinating Committee, please email:
Shana Pepin, IEEE PES Program Manager, s.pepin@ieee.org
Upcoming Events
- Webinars Fri. 5 Mar, 2021 Live Webinar - Definition and Classification of Power System Stability – Revisited & Extended
- Technically Co-sponsored Sat. 6 Mar, 2021 - Mon. 8 Mar, 2021 2021 5th International Conference on Green Energy and Applications (ICGEA)
- Webinars Tue. 9 Mar, 2021 Live Webinar - Telecom User Experience with Li-based Batteries
- Technically Co-sponsored Fri. 12 Mar, 2021 - Sun. 14 Mar, 2021 2021 4th Asia Conference on Energy and Electrical Engineering (ACEEE)