Filling the power engineering skills gap

During the next decade, about half of power engineers in the United States are expected to retire

Several fund programs help educate the next generation of engineers. For instance:

• The multimillion-dollar IEEE Power & Energy Society’s Scholarship Plus Initiative encourages undergrads to pursue careers in power engineering by awarding them scholarships and providing career experiences as undergraduates.

• The U.S. Department of Energy used $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to retarget programs toward smart-grid education. The department granted 54 awards to rebuild various university power and energy programs and fund research projects.

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