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Industry Technical Support Leadership Committee (ITSLC)

pes itslc annual report facebook The IEEE PES Industry Technical Support Leadership Committee (ITSLC) provides support to and cooperate with governments, regulators, and other industry organizations globally on technical issues related to power, energy, and policy topics. The committee shall work closely with IEEE Standards Association (SA), IEEE-USA, and other IEEE Societies on an as needed basis. The objective is to tap on IEEE membership, stakeholders and various organizations (e.g. Technical Committees, Smart Grid, Smart Cities, Chapters, etc.) to provide support.

Structure and Plans

The Committee is working very closely with Technical Council and Technical Committees, as the PES Technical Committees provide technical expertise and resources, and IEEE PES Governing Board leadership, addressing topics related to conferences and meetings, education, publications, regional activities, etc. It coordinates activities with IEEE SA and other IEEE organizations (e.g. other IEEE societies), as well as with industry organizations on a needed basis.

2026 Organization Structure and Composition

The ITS LC reports to the IEEE PES President. The ITS LC chair is approved by the IEEE PES President. The members of the ITS LC are nominated by the N&A Chair, approved by the ITS LC Chair, and confirmed by the ITS LC Members. The office term for Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary is for two years. Immediate Past Chair will serve as Nominations and Appointment Chair for two years. The office term for all members shall be for one year. Having served one term, a member shall be eligible to be re-appointed, based on active participation, for up to four additional one-year terms, not to exceed five years of total service in this position.

Officers and Points of Contact

IEEE PES Governing Board President: C.Y. Chung

Chair: Murty Yalla

Vice-Chair: Hong Chen

Secretary: Shikhar Pandey

N&A Chair: Aleksi Paaso

IEEE PES EAC liaison: Damir Novosel

Marketing Lead: David Elizondo

IEEE PES Program Manager: Abira Altvater

IEEE PES ITS LC, including CEP, Program Specialist: Martina Soliman

IEEE PES Marketing: Jenny Brown

IEEE-USA: Chris Root

IEEE Standards Association: Ravi Subramanian/Erin Spiewak/Rudi Schubert/Malia Zaman

IEEE PES Technical Council liaison: Hong Chen

IEEE PES VP of Education: Amin Khodaei

IEEE PES VP of Conferences and Meetings: Babu Chalamala

IEEE European Policy Committee: Jef Beerten

IEEE PES Board members are engaged in selected activities as identified below.

Awards Committee

  • Chair: Nirmal Nair
  • Farnoosh Rahmatian

ITS Functional Areas Team

  • Technology
    • Chair: Abder Elandaloussi
    • Members: Bojana Mihic, Slavko Vasilic, Semir Vajzovic and Sujit Mandal
      Coordinated with PES Technical Council chair – Diane Watkins and liaison Hong Chen
  • Conferences and Meetings
    • Chair: Alfredo Vaccaro
    • Members: Kaveh Aflaki, Ernst Scholtz, Marc Asano, Ken Aramaki
      Coordinated with PES VP of Conferences and Meetings – Babu Chalamala
  • Training and Education
    • Chair: Luka Strezoski
    • Members: Brian Pierre, Rohit Nair, Sridhar Chouhan and Daniel Haughton
      Coordinated with PES VP of Education – Amin Khodaei

ITS Regulatory/Government and Other Industry Organizations Team

  • DOE: Calvin Zhang and Colleen Lueken with Ravi Subramaniam (SA)
  • FERC: Haibin Sun and Katelynn Vance with Erin Spiewak (SA)
  • NERC: Jason Handley and Vincent Tanguay with Ravi Subramaniam (SA)
  • Panama National Secretariat of Energy: Guadalupe Gonzalez

Region 8 leads: Bojana Mihic and Luka Strezoski

Region 9 leads: Jaime Cepeda and Santiago Leon

Region 10 leads: Nilesh Modi and Lalit Goel

ITS Corporate Engagement Team (CEP)

  • Chair: Maryclaire Peterson
  • Vice-Chair: David Elizondo
  • Secretary: Xiaochuan Luo
  • Past Chair: Farnoosh Rahmatian
  • Region 1-7: Kamal Garg (lead) and Shikhar Pandey
  • Region 8: Bas Kruimer (lead) and Luka Strezoski
  • Region 9: Santiago Leon (lead) and Jaime Cepeda
  • Region 10: Dean Sharafi (lead), Lalit Goel, and Nirmal Nair

Publicity and Image Leads: Kaveh Aflaki and Wayne Bishop

MOUs signed:

  • ComEd: Jessie Bauer and Marianna Vaiman (IEEE liaison)
  • VELCO: Dan Poulin and Veronika Rabl (IEEE liaison)
  • Quanta Technology: David Elizondo and Shikhar Pandey (IEEE liaison)
  • ISO NE: Xiaochuan Luo and Edvina Uzunovic (IEEE liaison)
  • National Grid: Risa Karanxha and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO): Jingwei Lu and Lalit Goel (IEEE liaison)
  • Burns & McDonnell: Amanda Olson and Chan Wong (IEEE liaison)
  • Smart Wires: TBD and Kamal Garg (IEEE liaison)
  • Eaton: Calvin Zhang and Maryclaire Peterson (IEEE liaison)
  • Carrier: Julio Ampuero and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Schneider Electric: Dan Sabin and Billy Gray (IEEE liaison)
  • SEL: Kamal Garg and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Southern Company: Andrew Ingram and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • AES: Xuan Wu and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Entergy: John Thomas Anderson and Maryclaire Peterson (IEEE liaison)
  • Fronius: Luis Soto and David Elizondo (IEEE liaison)
  • Reactive Technologies: Tian Tian and David Elizondo (IEEE liaison)

ITS Regulatory/Government and Other Industry Organizations Team

Joint IEEE efforts have resulted in cooperative relationships with various organizations with each signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IEEE, including specific implementation plans for each initiative. IEEE volunteer leaders have been assigned as interfaces to each initiative to facilitate the process.

  • US Department of Energy (DOE)
    Zhenyu Huang, Colleen Lueken, and Bill Hederman (PES) and Ravi Subramaniam (SA)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
    Haibin Sun and Katelynn Vance (PES) and Erin Spiewak (SA) 
  • North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
    Jason Handley and Juan Castaneda (PES) and Ravi Subramaniam (SA)
  • Panama National Secretariat of Energy (NSE)
    Guadalupe Gonzalez (PES)

ITS Corporate Engagement Program (CEP)

Corporate Engagement Program (CEP) is a world-wide program intended to engage the Industry Organizations in IEEE PES activities in a formal way; facilitate involvement of corporate employees in the IEEE PES activities and involve corporate leaders to support PES membership/programs.

  • Chair: Maryclaire Peterson
  • Vice Chair: David Elizondo
  • Secretary: Xiaochuan Luo
  • Past Chair: Farnoosh Rahmatian
  • Region 1-7: Maryclaire Peterson (lead) and Kamal Garg
  • Region 8: Bas Kruimer (lead) and Luka Strezoski
  • Region 9: Santiago Leon (lead) and Jaime Cepeda
  • Region 10: Dean Sharafi (lead), Lalit Goel, and Nirmal Nair 
  • Learn more about the IEEE PES Corporate Engagement Program here.

Publicity and Image Leads: Kaveh Aflaki and Wayne Bishop

MOUs signed as of November 2024 are:

  • AES: Xuan Wu and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO): Jungwei Lu and Lalit Goel (IEEE liaison)
  • Burns & McDonnell: Amanda Olson and Chan Wong (IEEE liaison)
  • Carrier Global Corporation: Julio Ampuero and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE Liaison)
  • ComEd: Jessie Bauer and Marianna Vaiman (IEEE liaison)
  • Eaton: Calvin Zhang and Maryclaire Peterson (IEEE liaison)
  • Entergy: John Thomas Anderson and Maryclaire Peterson (IEEE liaison)
  • ISO NE: Xiaochuan Luo and Edvina Uzunovic (IEEE liaison)
  • National Grid: Risa Karanxha and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Quanta Technology: David Elizondo and Shikhar Pandey (IEEE liaison)
  • Schneider Electric: Dan Sabin and Billy Gray (IEEE liaison)
  • SEL Inc.: Kamal Garg and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE liaison)
  • Smart Wires: TBD and Kamal Garg (IEEE liaison) 
  • Southern Company: Andrew Ingram and Farnoosh Rahmatian (IEEE)
  • VELCO: Dan Poulin and Veronika Rabl (IEEE liaison)

Resources

Content Provided by the ITSLC via the PES Resource Center

Technical Reports

Presentations and Webinars

White Papers