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topics. The ITSLC has worked with representatives from the various TCs to develop its technical content. In response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ITSLC,
in collaboration with several TCs, developed a worldwide survey of utility experiences and practices in response to the
pandemic. A white paper based on the
responses to the survey was developed
and is available free of cost at https://
resourcecenter.ieee-pes.org/technical
-publications/white-paper/PES_TP
_COVID19_050120.html. The ITSLC
also conducted two webinars based on
the white paper, which have been recorded and are available for viewing at
the IEEE PES Resource Center (see the
"Technical Resources" section).

Getting Involved in
Technical Activities
PES members can get involved in TC
activities through several different avenues. The meetings for TCs and their
associated subcommittees, task forces,
and working groups are generally open.

Individuals interested in the technical
topic could attend the meetings associated with these entities as guests. If
the technical topic is of interest, then
they can then volunteer to contribute
and become members. It is important
to examine each TC's operations and
procedures manual (available on its
website) to find out more about becoming a member of a task force, working
group, subcommittee, or committee.
PES members can also volunteer to
chair technical paper sessions at PES
conferences and the General Meeting.
This can be done by contacting the appropriate TC program chair. (The officers for each TC are listed under the
"Officers" tab on the TC website.)
An important TC activity is the review of papers for the five PES transactions. The reviews are conducted
by the editor-in-chief and the various
editors of each publication. Reviewers
play an important role in this peerreview process. Subject matter experts
can volunteer to become reviewers by

providing the requisite information
and following the steps provided at
https://www.ieee-pes.org/images/files/
pdf/invitetoreviewers.pdf.

Technical Resources
The PES Resource Center (https://
resourcecenter.ieee-pes.org/) is an
excellent resource for the power and
energy professional. For a PES member, it has a plethora of technical material that can be downloaded free of
cost. This includes conference papers
from various PES conferences, presentations from panel sessions, open
access journal articles, and technical
reports produced by the TCs. The
Resource Center also includes a large
collection of tutorial products, some
of which are free and some that can
be downloaded for a nominal fee.
IEEE standards, PES transactions
articles, and conference papers can be
downloaded from IEEE Xplore. Not all
items on IEEE Xplore are free, and a
subscription to a particular publication

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