First, Kelley Sims Gallagher and Zdenka myslikova of the tufts Fletcher School describe overall global progress in recognizing the problem and developing measures to deal with it. the article from the World Business council for Sustainable development describes global initiatives at reducing carbon while preserving economic activity including the energy sector. the article by the european climate Foundation (ecF) on the ecF 2050 planning lays out the process and the results of developing scenarios for a reduced carbon energy economy in the european union. We have an article describing climate change adaptation work under way in chile. the article from the national center for atmospheric research presents an analysis of what Superstorm Sandy might look like in a future warmer world and how that would affect exposure of electricity infrastructure. it is a sobering look at what future severe weather could look like against the worst we have seen recently. the article by the ieee power & energy Society climate change technology Subcommittee describes experiences with a number of major extreme weather events globally and lessons learned from each. an article from epri, ciee, university of california-Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley national Lab, and Grid Bright discusses the role that distributed resources will play both in terms of reducing carbon emissions and in terms of increasing resiliency. The U.S. EPA Proposed rule Making the epa announced proposed rulemaking for carbon emissions from existing fossil-fueled power plants as this issue is going to the press. We are not going to attempt to summarize the proposal here-the press will have had plenty of coverage from all directions. But we do wish to note the following: ✔ considerable flexibility is left to the individual states. september/october 2014 ✔ energy efficiency is the dominant focus, greater even than generation source carbon reduction. energy efficiency is the "gift that keeps on giving," and given losses along the system, a kilowatt of energy efficiency demand reduction is worth much more in source fuel consumption. ✔ each state needs to prepare a plan and cost benefit analysis. this argues that studies along the lines of the ones presented and referenced here will become a major activity New EasyPower 9.6 Update SKM D ata Impor t C apabiliti e s! New EasyPower 9.6 update features · Ability to import data produced by SKM · Scenario comparison reports for equipment short circuit duty · Updated arc flash scenario reports · Simplified installation and updates · More easily manage multiple licenses and modules within the software · Many more EasyPower is the fastest, easiest to use power system management software on the market. Explore more online and download a free demo copy at: www.easypower.com/demo ® Power made easy. ieee power & energy magazine 25http://www.easypower.com/demo