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IERE EE-mail Magazine No.18
No.18 (11 January 2013)
2013)

Contents
Messages from Officers and Advising Chair Emeritus-Chair; Dr. Rolando Nieva Gomez (IIE, Mexico)-Vice Chair; Prof. Jianbo Guo (CEPRI, China)-Treasurer; Dr. Denis Faubert (Hydro-Quebec, Canada)-Advising Chair Emeritus; Mr. Roger Ballay (France)

IERE 2013 Events Schedules<< Messages from Officers and Advising Chair Emeritus >>In compliance with the IERE statutes and bylaws, 2013-2014 IERE Officers wereelected. They talk about their ambition regarding IERE.

* Chair; Dr. Rolando Nieva Gomez (IIE, Mexico)
The electric industry faces a broad mix of challenges related to critical issues such as
long term energy security, reliability of systems and assets, energy efficiency,
electrification of remote and rural areas and sustainability in all of its dimensions:environmental, social and economic. It is therefore no surprise that research anddevelopment of technology for the electric industry cover a broad mix of technologies.
Consequently the management of technology is becoming more complex andchallenging.
IERE allows its members benefit from the exchange of information on research, thesharing of best practices in technology development, the joint participation inprecompetitive research projects, and the sharing of technology know-how to solve thespecific issues that utility companies face. IERE facilitates this through dataexchanges, workshops, the R&D working group and the Technical Issues and Solution
Activities program. Since its foundation in 1968, IERE is continuously adapting to thechanging circumstances in order to provide increasing value to the membership.
Currently, IERE is exploring the best approach to expand its mission to include
technology management issues, such as technology portfolio and technology lifecycle
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management, which lie in the overlapping interest of technology leaders in themanufacturing industry as well as technology managers in utility companies, whether
in the developed or developing countries. I encourage you to increase your involvementin IERE activities. The active participation of the membership is a key factor for thesuccess of IERE events.
Best regards,
Rolando Nieva-GomezIERE Chair* Vice Chair; Prof. Jianbo Guo (CEPRI, China)
Dear IERE Members and Prospective Members,
I would like to express my appreciation to the Board Members colleagues whonominated me to serve as Vice Chair of IERE for the period of January 2013 throughDecember 2014. In this position, I will work with my fellow IERE officers and Board
members, as well as the Central Office to accomplish the mission of this nobleorganization. I am convinced that, through our joint efforts and contribution of all ourmembers to enhance the quality, improve the celebrity, expand the membership for theIERE's activities, we can make IERE a more attractive, distinctive and competitive
organization in the global arena. I will commit myself to fulfilling my duties andworking with IERE officers to add more values to our members during my term ofservice. I believe that IERE, as a Global Platform of Electric R&D, TechnologyDevelopment and Deployment, will certainly go into a higher orbit and brighter future.
Guo Jianbo
IERE Vice Chair* Treasurer;
Treasurer; Dr. Denis Faubert (Hydro(Hydro-Quebec, Canada)
Dear Colleagues
It is with great pleasure that I have accepted the position of Treasurer for theInternational Electric Research Exchange. The IERE is a world-class organization
devoting itself to promoting research, development and technology applications to2

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support the electrical industry. It focuses on solving the real-world problems facing
our organisations.

Relying on the strength of collaboration among its members

throughout the world, it seeks short or long term solutions to our most pressing ortoughest issues. Electricity is a high-tech business. Innovation is key to remaining at
the leading edge of our trade, providing reliable and cost-effective service to our clients.
The IERE has very competent personnel at its helm. Its operations are streamlined
and the expenses of the organisation are well under control. It is worth mentioning thegenerous support of CRIEPI that assumes a large share of the operations of IERE. Asa treasurer, I will ensure that the resources of the members are well-utilized and that
all revenues and expenses are well accounted for. As a member of the Board, I will
work with my colleagues to provide the best possible support to the leaders of IERE.
I encourage you all to join this organisation in a way that we can all benefit of thetalent and creativity of your staff.
Denis Faubert
IERE Treasurer* Advising Chair Emeritus; Mr. Roger Ballay (France)
Dear colleagues,
I would like to take advantage of this address, to tell you why it is so interesting to be
an IERE member. Our industry is at the crossroads. Several factors are playing jointly
to prompt to a substantial change of the energy mix. On the supply side, tensions on
the primary energy market due to the perspective of oil depletion and to local
mismatch demand-offer induce a fierce competition to secure the long term access tothese vital resources. Of course, the deployment of shale gas technology is providing
some release in the USA and there is no doubt that this emerging option will have agreat influence on the way electricity is going to be generated in a near future.
However, it still requires significant extra R&D to make it cleaner and more widely
accepted. In the aftermaths of the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe citizens have lost
trust in their technology leaders and energy policy-makers. As a consequence,
responding to their public opinion, several countries have drastically revisited theirenergy policy, sometimes voting a sudden phasing-out of their nuclear fleet andbanning nuclear forever. At the moment, what will be the future of this generation type3

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remains a matter of controversy. Anyhow, this event has put a crude light on the crucial
technology challenge facing the organizations committed to the nuclear risk
management and mitigation and calls for an increased international cooperation onsuch high stake issues.
In the meantime, climatologists are sending us red blinking warnings about global
warming records. This underscores the pressing need for low-carbon electricity
including cheaper renewable sources and more efficient and cleaner coal plants which
remain the "draught horse" of electricity generation. Moreover, on the demand side, a
new vision of the power system design and management is emerging which requires a
great deal of technology development to make the distribution grid smarter enough tooptimize the demand and to deal with the intermittence of renewable sources. These
are some of the heavy trends and challenges well known of each of us that put ourindustry under pressure. These constraints apply everywhere with some modulation of
their degree of acuity.
To deal with them, it is commonly admitted that R&D is the most relevant lever tohandle. To meet the challenge involved, how should we proceed? I do believe that
increased complexity, uncertainty, ever more pressing urgency, global dimension of theissues involved that create interrelated risks are characteristics that justify combining
efforts and talents. In this context, IERE is an ideal platform to address the criticalissues facing us. It provides Utilities, OEM, Research Centers with an adequate
framework for making the cross-fertilization happen. Typically, smarter technology
watch and exchange of best practices among early adopters should secure companies intheir technology selection and deployment. We also expect to improve thecost-effectiveness of their R&D investments by fostering collaborative research throughthe "R&D project Working Group". The Board of IERE is continuously pursuing theobjective of delivering value added services to the members and is determined tore-orient its strategy in the aim of enhancing the support to their technology
management policy.
As Advising Chair Emeritus, I am honored and committed to cooperate with IERE on
this exciting mission.
With my best wishes,Roger Ballay
IERE Advising Chair Emeritus

4NGO in Roster Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations<< IERE 2013 Events Schedules >>IERE events schedules 2013 are as follows;* The 4th TISTIS-Asia Meeting (January 1616-18)-

Venue & host: Manila, the Philippines, hosted by Meralco-General Themes: Harnessing technology for the future-Schedule: Jan. 16: Session 1 "Philippine Power Development Program"-Session 2 "Renewable Energy (Regulation & Policy)"-Session 3 "Renewable Energy (Projects)"-

Jan. 17: Session 4 "Smart Grid Application"
Session 5 "Alternative Fuels Development"
Jan. 18: TIS Session* 24th IERE Board Meeting & CPRICPRI-IERE International Conference (April 1818-20)
Venue & host: Bangalore, India, hosted by CPRI
Schedule: April 18: IERE R&D WG & the 24th IERE Board Meeting
April 19-20: CPRI-IERE International Conference/ PAC-2013"Emerging Automation and Information Technologies forPower Industry Growth"* 13th IERE General Meeting/PIESA African Forum (September 2323-26)
Venue & host: Arusha, Tanzania, hosted by PIESA
Schedule: Sep. 23: IERE R&D WG & the 25th IERE Board Meeting
Sep. 24: IERE General Meeting"R&D Road Map for Efficient Electrification"
Sep. 25: PIESA African Forum5

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