IEEE PES Show Blog

Old Friends

April 10, 2012

In my thirty plus years of working in the utility industry and taking part in PES activities I know a lot of people. One of the really cool things about the PES T&D Expo is visiting with these old friends that are scattered around the world. This is one event that brings them into one place. We get to catch up on family, our projects, and just enjoy each other's company.

I heard from one of those friends, Al Rotz, recently. Al is the past president of PES and has been trying to keep me out of trouble for years. Al has a couple of passions besides PES - golf and helping young engineers. He has been after me to join him at the PES Scholarship Plus Golf Outing on May 5th at the Shingle Creek Golf Club. It is a great event funding scholarships to engineering students wanting a career in the electricity industry.

Come on out and meet some old and new friends. Here is a link for more information. http://www.ieee-pes.org/scholarship-plus-golf-outing-with-tad-conference

About the Author

Gene Wolf Blog | Technical Writer

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.