Each research stem has a committee that organizes the research activities of that stem. Industrial members join researchers on the committees. PS ERC faculty are working with researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and Southern California Edison. Through PS ERC , industrial members can contribute to advancing the knowledge needed to address the challenges facing the industry and to educating the students that will become the next generation of industry professionals. PS ERC membership is open to companies, government agencies, associations and other organizations with interests in the electric power industry.
Current membership comes from multiple sectors in the industry, both domestic and international.
Members join PS ERC by signing a membership agreement with the Cornell University, the lead PS ERC university. An Industrial Advisory Board provides the critical linkage between the industrial members and PS ERC . The Industrial Advisory Board meets twice annually. At the meetings, industrial members meet researchers and students from the member universities, hear progress reports on research projects, engage in current issue discussions with researchers and other industrial members, and advance their professional development through tutorials. Universities The Director of PS ERC is Robert J. Thomas who is at Cornell University.