Chapter News

Engineering Careers in Public Utilities

Date: April 9, 2025
Topic: Engineering Careers in Public Utilities
Speaker: Max Emrick, PE, 40 years in the Energy Industry, Consulting, Tacoma Power and Puget Sound Energy.  Past Seattle IEEE PES Chair
Abstract:

Introductions
General Engineering Classifications Engineer, Starting Salaries, Pay Structures, Training and Advancements, Professional Engineers
Types Utility/Energy Engineers
Engineer Career …

Grid Capacity: Hiding in Plain Sight

Date: March 12, 2025
Topic: Grid Capacity: Hiding in Plain Sight
Speaker: Dr. Anil Jampala has over 38 years of technical and management experience.  He is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, USA and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state …

IEEE PES 2021 Year End Report: Another Successful Year

2021 for a Covid year, was a successful year. In 2020, we had to postpone one our largest regional training event called NWESS, the Northwest Energy System Symposium.  A two day even held every two years at the University of Washington.   We spent 2021 restructuring the event to be virtual only and now is scheduled for April 6&7.

2015 Seattle PES Officer Election Results

The 2015 Seattle PES officers are as follows:

Chair: Marcelo Elizondo
Vice-Chair: Eric Sortomme
Secretary: Darrell Ross
Treasurer: Max Emrick

Congratulations to all!