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should be made. also identified was
the potential for a new tc focused
on customer-side systems, covering
technical issues in subject areas such
as smart load systems, consumer-side
and prosumer resource systems, enduse energy efficiency, electric vehicles,
and home and energy management
networks, to name a few. the reasons
discussed for the formation of this new
committee included a recognition of
the shifting nature of energy delivery
to electricity consumers; the growth
of on-site generating resources such as
photovoltaics; and the need to explore
technologies, processes, and business models that expand and clarify
the relationships between the grid and
energy resources and services behind
the meters. the tc chairs were tasked
to take this proposal and discuss it with
the affected groups to pave a road forward, and task groups were formed to
review specific areas of the proposed
structure changes with feedback from
tc members.

in January 2015 at the PEs Joint tc
meeting (Jtcm), the technical council
met again to continue working through
some of the proposed structure changes.
members of the PEs Governing Board
long-range Planning committee were
present and actively participated in the
discussions. the task groups are continuing to work through the initial proposal,
with input from tc members, to develop
plans for implementing the changes or
provide modified proposals for consideration. these groups have been very
active since the PEs Jtcm, and the final
structure is still a major work in progress.
it is very important for the PEs to
foster a transparent process and benefit from the membership's ideas. our
objective is to update you on the status of this important initiative and ask
for your feedback and guidance. the
PEs technical council and the longrange Planning committee will work
diligently to continue communicating
the developments as they are completed, and they are open to receive any

member concern or suggestion relative
to this ongoing progress.
We are in the process of developing an open and documented process
to collect your feedback and report
back any updates, including key review
milestones. We are particularly keen on
affording every concerned PEs member an opportunity to provide meaningful feedback on this process, which will
affect every member in some way. We
owe it to ourselves and to all PEs members to find the modus operandi that will
support our mission (to be the leading
provider of scientific and engineering
information on electric power and energy
for the betterment of society, and the preferred professional development source
for our members) and the iEEE vision (to
be essential to the global technical community and to technical professionals
everywhere, and be universally recognized for the contributions of technology
and of technical professionals in improving global conditions). stay tuned.
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