Abstract :
This era will go down in history as a time of unprecedented environmental, economic, and technological change for our industry. Both the forerunners of IEEE and IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) were founded 125 years ago with the mission of serving the members of our profession, and today we celebrate our success as we prepare to transform the electric industry of the future. Just a couple of years ago, we were the IEEE Power Engineering Society with 190 Chapters experiencing declining participation, especially from younger members. Today, we are the IEEE Power & Energy Society with increasing members of all ages who are active in 230 chapters (including student branch chapters) worldwide! Our new name embodies the changes before us and the general awareness of power and energy issues.
