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dustry, and that goes well beyond renewables. In his view, the old days are
not coming back, but new opportunities
are bright for utilities and energy companies that develop the skill sets and
services needed for the future.
In closing, I would like to recognize the
many years of service provided by the previous editor of the magazine, Mel Olken,
and the new leadership being brought to

the magazine by Mike Henderson. Mel
provided friendship, leadership, and encouragement to all of us who worked
with him, and we will miss him, but we
know he is only a phone call away. And
I am looking forward to working with
Mike, another old friend, to lead us into
the future with a fresh vision and energy
for the magazine.
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The next article is a very interesting
one, dealing with the increasing applications of distributed energy resources
and the issues created at the interface
between the operation of the bulk power system and the distribution system.
This article is led by Debra Lew of GE,
with another team of international collaborators from Europe and the United
States. The authors review the extensive progress that has been made and
the work that remains to be done.
The fifth article, dealing with the increasing penetration of inverter-based
generators and the migration toward an
inertialess grid, is sure to cause us to reconsider some very fundamental ideas
we have about power system behavior.
The article is led by Thomas Ackermann
of Energynautics in Germany, with participation from some of the leading international luminaries from the United
States and Europe who are thinking about
this problem from many different angles.
It will challenge your thinking!
As the power system evolves, so must
the markets that aggregate and distribute
the energy and balance the system. The
sixth article is written by a team headed
by Erik Ela of the Electric Power Research Institute and includes leading
market designers from the United States
and Europe. Both Europe and the United
States offer examples of market evolution and redesign that have been brought
about due to the increasing share of energy from renewables.
The seventh and final article is another
thought-provoking one, this time dealing
with a new approach to the planning of the
future system with a high share of renewables. It looks at planning the total generation and transmission system in parallel,
subject to meteorology constraints, including both ac and dc transmission networks, and across synchronous zones.
James McCalley of Iowa State leads the
team of authors, with participation from
China, Europe, and the United States.
A very thoughtful "In My View" column is provided by Mark Ahlstrom, the
president of the UVIG board and a vice
president of NextEra Energy Resources.
He writes about the major structural
transformation taking place in the in-

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