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of the Ieee Power & energy Society
(PeS). Congratulations on this major
accomplishment!

PES Updates
"Leader's Corner," by Shay bahramirad,
vice president for new Initiatives and Out-
reach, reports on the advances made in the
new Initiatives and Outreach program.
The Ieee prepares our membership for
the many challenges our industry faces as
the grid becomes more environmentally
friendly and technically advanced. Col-
laboration between the Ieee and industry
is bringing the exciting vision of smart cit-
ies to reality through shared best practices
and developing needed standards.

Looking at History
rock brynner wrote an interesting col-
umn on the history of public power. he
discusses how private monopolies con-

trolled the early formation of electric
utilities, but politicians broke up holding
companies and introduced public power
as an alternative.

Changing the
Editorial Guard
This issue represents a changing of the
guard for the magazine's editorial board.
a sincere thank you for all the hard work
and good advice provided by outgoing
board members Lalit Goel, Prabha Kun-
dar, and Sakis Meliopoulos. More gener-
ally, our industry benefited immeasurably
from the wealth of information we learned
from you.
This will be hyde Merrill's last issue
as associate editor, history. I am grate-
ful to my lifelong mentor who always
readily and generously shared his depth
of knowledge and wisdom with me and
our industry at large. It is fitting that his

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Thanks
a special note of appreciation to Mel
Olken, who continues to provide guidan-
ce and tutelage, and to the Ieee publi-
cations staff who make this publication
possible. Thanks to the many contributors
to this issue, especially our guest editor
and authors. a particular note of appre-
ciation to robert C. henderson, who pro-
vides editorial assistance.
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this one, given all that I learned from
him on state estimation. Many thanks to
hyde for expertly supporting this maga-
zine over the last year. a heartfelt wel-
come to John Paserba, who will assume
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John's contributions to PeS remains un-
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