IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - March/April 2017 - 10

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Update on Cooperation
Initiatives
We are also excited about recent ieee
cooperation initiatives with the u.S.
department of energy (doe), the u.S.
Federal energy regulatory Commission (FerC), the north American energy reliability Corporation (nerC),
the european union, and the California
Public utility Commission (CPuC).

those initiatives are examples of the
role the ieee serves in bringing together
communities and agencies and having a
helpful impact on the global energy opportunities and challenges we face today. ieee Members' deep knowledge
regarding grid modernization is very
beneficial to government and regulatory
agencies developing initiatives that address electrical energy system needs.
in July, the doe's office of electricity delivery and energy reliability and
the ieee entered into a memorandum
of understanding (Mou) to address
grid modernization opportunities and
challenges. the Mou concentrates on
both planning and operational challenges, which include integrated resource
planning and schemes for coordination,
control, and information management.
ieee-uSA (led by Veronika rabl), the
ieee Standards Association (ieee-SA,
led by Bill Ash and erin Spiewak), and
the ieee Smart Grid initiative (including other ieee Societies) are collaborating in four major areas:

1) standards and interoperability
2) technology support
3) conferences and meetings
4) education.
We are collaborating with the u.S.
national institute of Standards (led by
Jerry Fitzpatrick) and the CPuC's SelfGeneration incentive Program organization (led by Sharon Allen), as well.
in november, the ieee and FerC
entered into an Mou to address energy
infrastructure and related market challenges due to the significant changes in
energy supply, demand, and technology.
the main objective is to align the two
organizations' efforts to address the
nation's energy opportunities and challenges due to the growth in renewable
generation resources, distributed energy
resources, electric vehicles, and energy
storage, as well as the availability of natural gas and consequent environmental
requirements. this Mou represents an
important step in solving our country's
sustainable energy future in a reliable,
safe, and cost-effective way.

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