IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - January/February 2014 - 4

from the editor

Mel Olken

after the blackout
power systems restored

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What appears like a proliferation of blackouts worldwide as a result
of abnormal storm activity, man-made
accidents, climate change, or operator
error was the genesis for a discussion
at an ieee power & energy Magazine
editorial Board meeting that led to this
issue devoted to system restoration after
a blackout. and it was one of the leaders
of that discussion, Michael henderson,
who made a strong case for the issue and
then volunteered to assume the lead role
in its preparation. though the issue's
feature articles relate to specific events
that occurred in the United states, the
lessons learned and the technologies
that are available to speed system
restoration are applicable to
power systems worldwide, and
sharing these experiences may
hopefully assist others in dealing with future catastrophic
events whenever and wherever
they occur.

New PES President
January 2014 marks the beginning of
Miroslav Begovic's term as ieee power
& energy society (pes) president. We
are pleased to present his thoughts for
the future of pes in the "leader's Corner" column and look forward to the
periodic updates that will be coming
from Miroslav and other elected pes
officers during the next two years of
their terms of office.

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2013.2284628
Date of publication: 17 December 2013

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AC in Colorado
our issue's "history" column, "telluride power Co." by alan Drew and
edited by Carl sulzberger, tells the story
of the seminal ames hydroelectric
plant in telluride, Colorado (an ieee
Milestone in electrical engineering),
that was the forerunner for the advent
of large-scale ac power plants in North
america. Carl's introduction to the
article provides additional background
information about both the project and
alan Drew, its author.

Self-Healing Grids

In This Issue
Mike henderson's guest editorial
provides a cohesive background of
the subject as well as an introduction
to the issue theme and is required reading. he then introduces the six feature
articles, putting each into proper perspective and offering an insight to their
contents. i am most grateful to Mike for
the efforts he has exerted to produce
this issue and believe it will provide an
insightful look at a complex situation as
well as reading pleasure for all.

taking part in the upcoming 2014 General Meeting.

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Ingram PublIshIng

Vancouver, Revisted
to those who attended the unforgettable 2013 pes General Meeting in
beautiful Vancouver, coverage of that
event in "society News" will bring
back pleasant memories. to those who
were not in Vancouver, i hope the coverage will encourage you to consider

Massoud amin provides a
compelling narrative in his
"in My View" colum n, "a
smart self-healing Grid." the
point, which was the theme of
a recent issue of IEEE Power
& Energy Magazine, is that we
are surrounded by complex interactive network systems related to
electric power, fuel supply communications, transportation, etc., that are
interdependent, thereby increasing the
potential for more dramatic mishaps.
among the thoughts conveyed in this
column, Massoud writes about creating
a "smart self-healing grid that enables
real-time monitoring using synchrophasors which enable operators to react
quickly, as well as rapid isolation to
enable more rapid restoration." there is
considerably more detail in this piece,
which makes for provocative and very
p&e
interesting reading.
january/february 2014
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