PES Technical Council

COUNCIL OFFICERS (Effective 1 January 2020)

Vijay Vittal, Chair

Hong Chen, Vice Chair

Diane Watkins, Secretary

Farnoosh Rahmatian, Past Chair

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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

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TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

• Analytic Methods for Power Systems Committee - Kevin Schneider, Chair 
• Electric Machinery Committee - John Yagielski, Chair
• Energy Development and Power Generation Committee - John B. Yale, Chair
• Energy Storage and Stationary Battery Committee - Curtis Ashton, Chair 
• Insulated Conductors Committee - Henk Geene, Chair
• Nuclear Power Engineering Committee - Daryl Harmon, Chair
• Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee - Ken Fodero, Chair 
• Power System Dynamic Performance Committee - Costas Vournas, Chair
• Power System Instrumentation and Measurements Committee - Jim McBride, Chair
• Power System Operation, Planning and Economics Committee - Fran Li, Chair 
• Power System Relaying and Control Committee - Russ Patterson, Chair 
• Smart Buildings, Loads and Customer Systems - Ron Melton, Chair 
• Substations Committee - Joe Gravelle, Chair
• Surge Protective Devices Committee - Steven Hensley, Chair
• Switchgear Committee - Keith Flowers, Chair
• Transformers Committee - Bruce Forsyth, Chair
• Transmission and Distribution Committee - Gary Chang, Chair

COORDINATING COMMITTEES

• Intelligent Grid and Emerging Technologies Coordinating Committee - Doug Houseman, Chair 
• Marine Systems Coordinating Committee - Dwight Alexander, Chair
• Wind and Solar Power 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